lacerated

past tense of lacerate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of lacerated 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
  • Undisputed is that De Barros shot and killed one young man and wounded another as a teen outside a recreation center in Waterbury on a Sunday afternoon in October 1996.
    Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2026
  • Qatar’s Interior Ministry said falling debris wounded a child.
    Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026

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“Lacerated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lacerated. Accessed 21 Jul. 2026.

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