Thesaurus results for LACERATED

lacerated

verb

past tense of lacerate

as in bruised

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 lacerated 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

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wounded

Verb

And on Friday, eight Israeli soldiers were wounded by Hezbollah fire, according to the Israel Defense Forces.

— Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 7 Mar. 2026
At least 217 people have been killed and 798 others have been wounded in Israeli attacks on Lebanon that began early Monday, the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health said Thursday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026