lacerate

/'læsəreit/
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lacerate

The gardener trimmed the lacerated leaves from the plant.

Definition

  1. Verb:

    • To tear or cut roughly, causing deep, irregular wounds: This refers to the physical action of ripping something, especially flesh or skin, resulting in a jagged injury.
    • To cause deep emotional pain or distress: This figurative meaning describes hurting someone's feelings severely, as if tearing them apart emotionally.

  2. Adjective:

    • Torn or mangled; having jagged edges from being torn: This describes the state of something that has been lacerated. It is often used in botanical or literary contexts to describe leaves or other objects that appear irregularly torn.
Usage Examples

  • Verb (Physical):

    • The broken glass could lacerate your skin.
    • The surgeon had to carefully clean the lacerated tissue.

  • Verb (Emotional):

    • His cruel words lacerated her heart.
    • The criticism was designed to lacerate the author's reputation.

  • Adjective:

    • They found the animal with a lacerate wound on its flank.
    • The plant has beautiful but lacerate leaves.
Advanced Usage
  • "Lacerating" (Adjective/Present Participle): Used to describe something that causes severe emotional pain or is sharply critical.
    • She delivered a lacerating critique of the government's policy.
    • His lacerating wit made him both feared and admired.
Variants and Related Words
  • Laceration (n): The act of lacerating or the resulting wound.
    • The victim suffered deep lacerations.
  • Lacerable (adj): Capable of being lacerated. (Less common)
Synonyms
  • Verb (Tear): Gash, slash, rip, mangle, claw.
  • Verb (Upset): Devastate, wound, hurt, torment, distress.
  • Adjective: Jagged, torn, ripped, mangled.
Antonyms
  • Verb (Heal): Mend, heal, soothe, repair.
  • Adjective: Intact, smooth, whole, unbroken.
Related Phrases/Idioms
  • To lacerate the heart/soul: An idiom emphasizing causing profound emotional suffering.
    • The news of the tragedy lacerated the soul of the entire community.
lacerate

The gardener trimmed the lacerated leaves from the plant.

Adjective
  1. having edges that are jagged from injury
  2. irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn
    • lacerate leaves
Verb
  1. deeply hurt the feelings of; distress
    • his lacerating remarks
  2. cut or tear irregularly

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