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
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.
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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
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
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He was badly wounded in an Israeli airstrike that hit the building without warning during the first week of the war.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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The California Highway Patrol closed the eastbound lanes of the 105 Freeway in South Los Angeles after a man was critically wounded in a shooting.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Lacerated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lacerated. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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