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# lacerate

«lacerate» in Mova's school dictionary: **to cut or tear it badly, leaving a jagged wound** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (lacerate, lacerates, lacerated, lacerating)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To lacerate skin or flesh is to cut or tear it badly, leaving a jagged wound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lacerate/#m1)

2) (literary) To lacerate someone's feelings is to hurt them deeply. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lacerate/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

First aid and health: «a lacerated hand», a laceration needs cleaning and maybe stitches. Stories and news reports about accidents. Formal word.

### examples

- He lacerated his knee on the sharp rocks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lacerate/#x1)
- Broken glass can lacerate your feet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lacerate/#x2)
- The nurse cleaned the lacerated skin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lacerate/#x3)
- The thorns lacerated her arms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lacerate/#x4)
- The harsh words lacerated his feelings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lacerate/#x5)
- Wear gloves so the wire does not lacerate your hands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lacerate/#x6)
- The Wolf, having no cause of fear, at his leisure lacerated or destroyed the whole flock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lacerate/#x7)

### note

Regular: lacerated. Noun: laceration (a deep cut). Say «LASS-er-ate».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lacerate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lacerate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.