lacerated

past tense of lacerate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of lacerated The man’s muscles and skin were lacerated by the bear’s claws and teeth. — Jan Thacker, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2026 Corbin fractured his jaw in two places, busted his upper arm, and lacerated his lip. — Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lacerated
wounded
Verb
  • At least 11 people, including a pregnant woman, were killed and three others were wounded in a mass shooting at a house party in South Africa on Tuesday night, police said.
    — Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Authorities didn’t immediately give out details on the condition of the three people who were wounded.
    — Gerald Imray, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026

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“Lacerated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lacerated. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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