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
Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2025
Yet this stark, lacerating comedy-drama, set in a seaside Long Island that recalls Woody Allen’s Interiors, is admirable in its uncompromising look at the havoc a long-term sibling rivalry can create for everyone within the blast radius.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 5 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.
—Paul Schwartzman and Josh Dawsey, chicagotribune.com, 9 July 2018
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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
Yet this stark, lacerating comedy-drama, set in a seaside Long Island that recalls Woody Allen’s Interiors, is admirable in its uncompromising look at the havoc a long-term sibling rivalry can create for everyone within the blast radius.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 5 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.
—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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Jalen Suggs missed a total of 25 because of various injuries, including eight because of a grade 1 right knee MCL bruise.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 May 2026
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The Times’ possible victory would bruise the Post’s reputation (they were destined to clash again over the Pentagon Papers).—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
7 May 2026
Adjective
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Discarded clothing continues to arrive in this city, where it’s sorted, shredded and rewoven before re-entering global supply chains.—
Ayushi Shah,
CNN Money,
9 May 2026
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The graham cracker crust is sprinkled with layers of chocolate chips, pecans, and shredded coconut.—
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
8 May 2026
Verb
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Two of the strikes Saturday took place on the highway linking Beirut with the southern port city of Sidon, in which several people were wounded, while the third happened on a road leading to Lebanon's Chouf region, killing three, the state-run National News Agency said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 May 2026
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Rescuers conducted an hours-long search operation using heavy machinery to retrieve bodies from under the rubble, Khan said, adding that three police officers were wounded in the attack.—
Riaz Khan,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2026
Adjective
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When deadheading, cut where the blossom's stem joins the rest of the plant—in other words, remove not only the faded flower, but the tiny stem attached to it as well.—
Samantha Johnson,
Martha Stewart,
10 May 2026
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Next to the dog, a faded print of Big Ben, and a commemorative plate with the late Queen Elizabeth II smiling from nine different decades.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
Verb
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This tank, more than any of its Allied counterparts, sent German designers back to the drawing board to produce the next generation of tanks that featured heavier armor and higher-velocity cannons with greater range and armor-piercing capability.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
7 May 2026
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In Inverted Tree, Man for Hire (2004), for example, the trunk of a wily branched tree bears a piercing gaze.—
Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
7 May 2026
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“Lacerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lacerate. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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