as in to bruise
to cut (someone's flesh) deeply or roughly
The broken glass lacerated his feet. The patient's hand was severely lacerated.
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Recent Examples of lacerate
Literary Hub,
7 Apr. 2026
In the process, one robber violently shoved the store’s octogenarian owner to the ground, police said, leaving him bloodied and lacerated from numerous shards of glass.
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Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
22 Dec. 2025
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
12 Oct. 2024
Reared in New York's indelicate political culture, Trump does not like to appear meek, using rallies and his Twitter account to lacerate rivals.
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Paul Schwartzman and Josh Dawsey,
chicagotribune.com,
9 July 2018
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Verb
Some of the women were bleeding from their reproductive organs, while others had blood dripping from slashes on their breasts, their bodies having been lacerated with a sharp instrument.
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Literary Hub,
7 Apr. 2026
In the process, one robber violently shoved the store’s octogenarian owner to the ground, police said, leaving him bloodied and lacerated from numerous shards of glass.
—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
22 Dec. 2025
Adjective
The Georgia native suffered a lacerated liver in the Buffs’ win over CSU in the 2023 Rocky Mountain Showdown and missed three games, returning for a 46-43 home loss to Stanford.
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Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
12 Oct. 2024
Reared in New York's indelicate political culture, Trump does not like to appear meek, using rallies and his Twitter account to lacerate rivals.
—
Paul Schwartzman and Josh Dawsey,
chicagotribune.com,
9 July 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lacerate
Verb
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Fruits such as strawberries and raspberries have a narrow harvest window and can bruise easily during picking, transportation and storage.
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Some varieties of slicing cucumbers have very tender skins and bruise easily.
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The recipe can vary, but it's typically made with shredded Cheddar cheese, pimiento peppers, mayonnaise, and seasonings.
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In a large bowl combine the ground beef, egg, onion soup mix, bread crumbs, ketchup, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, and shredded cheddar cheese.
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One person was killed and another was wounded during a shooting in an unincorporated part of Riverside County on Sunday.
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These two stood ready to wound the pigs as soon as Red Beard was done saying goodbye.
Adjective
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Directed by Son Jae-gon and starring Gang Dong-won, Uhm Tae-goo, and Park Ji-hyun, the film tracks a faded first-generation K-pop co-ed dance trio making a reckless attempt to stage a comeback two decades after a plagiarism scandal dissolved their careers.
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The one difference was a new layer of red bricks over the faded previous layer.
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The song’s spacious production lets its piercing saxophone riffs dissipate into silence, only for borderline obnoxious horns to swirl them back into rhythm.
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First responders found the woman conscious and alert after an umbrella stake pierced her shoulder.
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“Lacerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lacerate. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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