lacerate

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tr.v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates.

1. To rip, cut, or tear.
2. To cause deep emotional pain to; distress.

adj. (-rĭt, -rāt')

1. Torn; mangled.
2. Wounded.
3. Having jagged, deeply cut edges: lacerate leaves.

[Middle English laceraten, from Latin lacerāre, lacerāt-, from lacer, torn.]

(lăs'ə-rāt')
v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates.

To rip, cut, or tear.

adj. (-rĭt, -rāt')

1. Torn; mangled.
2. Wounded.

IN BRIEF: To tear in a jagged way.

You might lacerate your legs if you ride too fast and fall on the jagged rocks.

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: cut or tear irregularly

Meaning #2: deeply hurt the feelings of; distress

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The adjective lacerate has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn

Meaning #2: having edges that are jagged from injury
  Synonyms: lacerated, mangled, torn

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - sønderflænge
adj. - virke oprivende på

Nederlands (Dutch)
aan flarden (ver) scheuren, verbrijzelen, kwellen

Français (French)
v. tr. - (lit) lacérer, (fig) blesser profondément
adj. - lacéré

Deutsch (German)
v. - verletzen, zerfleischen
adj. - zerfleischt, (Bot.)(Zool.) gezackt, verletzt

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (κατα)ξεσχίζω

Italiano (Italian)
lacerare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - dilacerar

Русский (Russian)
рвать, терзать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - lacerar, herir
adj. - lacerado, herido

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - slita sönder, riva sönder, sarga, riva upp

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
撕裂, 割破, 使烦恼, 伤害, 撕碎的, 受折磨的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 撕裂, 割破, 使煩惱, 傷害
adj. - 撕碎的, 受折磨的

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 찢다, 째다, 괴롭히다
adj. - 찢긴 , 상처 받은

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 引き裂く, ひどく苦しめる
adj. - 裂けた, 深く傷付けられた, 引き裂かれた

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يعقد برباط, معقود برباط الحذاء والمشد, رباط الحذاء أو المشد ونحوهما, بريم شريط زينه للسترات العسكريه, يمزق, يجرح, يؤذي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮קרע, פצע, פגע, שרט, עינה, דיכא‬
adj. - ‮פצוע, פגוע, מעונה, מדוכא‬

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