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
Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Brzezinski and Scarborough’s criticism of the president’s day-one actions comes a little over two months after the talk show couple were lacerated by liberals for privately visiting then-President-elect Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate back in November.
—Harrison Chon-Walker, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 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.
—Paul Schwartzman and Josh Dawsey, chicagotribune.com, 9 July 2018
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Verb
The Democrats today recall the Whigs lacerated by Marx in nineteenth-century Britain, another liberal party tied to an arrogant economic elite.
—Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Brzezinski and Scarborough’s criticism of the president’s day-one actions comes a little over two months after the talk show couple were lacerated by liberals for privately visiting then-President-elect Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate back in November.
—Harrison Chon-Walker, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 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.
—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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This type of groin strain is more likely to cause bruising and swelling.—
Mark Gurarie,
Health,
22 Apr. 2025
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Detroit’s starting center, Jalen Duren, is 6-10, while backup Isaiah Stewart is 6-8 but known for his bruising style of play.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
19 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Several inches of loose organic mulch, such as shredded leaves, bark chips, pine needles, or straw is a good choice for helping your lily bulb survive winter.—
Sheryl Geerts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Apr. 2025
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My favorite was the breakfast bowl (choice of meat, shredded hashbrowns, eggs, hollandaise sauce and arugula salad) and the hot cakes served with macerated blueberries and breakfast meat.—
Ronny Maye,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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Miller was even more seriously wounded, along with another SEAL (Joseph Quinn), when an IED exploded outside the building as they were being evacuated.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
29 Apr. 2025
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His men wounded a young mother named Yellow Woman and used her infant for target practice.—
Smithsonian Magazine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Offering a 23% concentration of pure vitamin C, this formula delivers some serious brightening benefits, resulting in a more even-looking complexion and faded hyperpigmentation.—
Denise Primbet,
Glamour,
28 Apr. 2025
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Everything below that will be flooded, according to IPCC predictions, so his maps show those areas as underwater, with what’s land today shown as a faded layer.—
Carlton Reid,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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While traveling to Saint Luke’s Hospital aboard an ambulance, the suspect allegedly stabbed Hoffman with a knife, piercing his heart, around 1:25 a.m.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2025
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Early Sunday morning, firefighter Graham Hoffman, 29, was in the back of an ambulance transporting a patient to the hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, when he was stabbed in the chest, piercing his heart, according to a press release published on the city's website.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Lacerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lacerate. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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