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lacerating

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verb

present participle of lacerate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for lacerating
Adjective
  • What spooks Vara is that A.I. writes what are possibly her essay’s most piercing lines.
    Dwight Garner, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Only Jean-Baptiste could make such a screed so funny, so piercing and so devastating.
    Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Boulders offer a jagged look For a rugged look, consider a retaining wall made from large boulders.
    Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Shot-reverse shot sequences are somewhat abrupt, the characters segregated in their individual frames, Spicer using different angles on close-ups to lend to that jagged sense of separation.
    Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Lacerating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lacerating. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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