Synonyms of lacerate

lacerate 1 of 2

verb

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.

Related Words

• bruise
• wound
• pierce
• slash
• tear
• stab
• slit
• mangle
• butcher
• incise
• rip
• cleave
• slice
• hack
• shear
• haggle
• gash
• split
• rend
• gore
• sever
• crosscut
• carve
• chisel
• scissor
• chop
• hacksaw
• dissect
• chip
• rive
• saw
• section
• amputate
• anatomize
• mince
• notch
• cut off
• dice

lacerate

2 of 2

adjective

variants or lacerated

as in shredded

Related Words

• shredded
• faded
• dingy
• patchy
• mangy
• scruffy
• holey
• decrepit
• dilapidated
• tattered
• tatterdemalion
• frayed
• dowdy
• tacky
• grungy
• scuzzy
• broken-down
• ragged
• raggedy
• shabby
• dog-eared
• seedy
• moth-eaten
• threadbare
• worn-out
• ratty
• run-down

Dissimilar Words

• unused
• new
• brand-new
• spick-and-span

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lacerate

Verb

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

Lang lacerated his right thumb after colliding with the hoardings at the Anfield Road end of the ground during the closing stages of Liverpool’s 4-1 victory on aggregate. — James Pearce, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2026

Adjective

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

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, Washington Post, 9 July 2018