as in bruises
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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wounds
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Chops, gouges, wounds it like the shadow grooves on the sidewalks—the sun is setting earlier.—
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Imperfect fleshly reality occupies the stage, the region where bones crack and wounds suppurate, schlumpy humans fall for each other, and jealousy roams murderously free.—
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11 Mar. 2026
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“Lacerates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lacerates. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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