lacerated

past tense of lacerate

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Recent Examples of lacerated Jen Macdonel, Claire Macdonel's mother, told Fox News Digital that the barracuda attack lacerated four of her daughter's tendons, in addition to a nerve and a ligament. Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026 They are lacerated by propellers. Jessica Camille Aguirre, New Yorker, 2 May 2026 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. 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 Catherine’s right leg was lacerated to the bone and nearly amputated by a propeller. Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lacerated
wounded
Verb
  • Russia’s Bashkortostan governor, Radiy Khabirov, said only that a drone attack wounded two civilians and started a fire in an industrial zone of Salavat.
    ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The cousin ordered food, stepped away to go to the bathroom, then returned to see Arboleda wounded on the street, the feds allege.
    John Annese, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026

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“Lacerated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lacerated. Accessed 18 Aug. 2026.

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