Synonyms for lacerate
ˈlæs əˌreɪt; -əˌreɪt, -ər ɪtlac·er·ate

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1. lacerate

   Rend and tear are applied to the separating of textile substances into parts by force violently applied (rend also to frangible substances), tear being the milder, rend the stronger word. Rive is a wood-workers' word for parting wood in the way of the grain without a clean cut. To lacerate is to tear roughly the flesh or animal tissue, as by the teeth of a wild beast; a lacerated wound is distinguished from a wound made by a clean cut or incision. Mangle is a stronger word than lacerate; lacerate is more superficial, mangle more complete. To burst or rupture is to tear or rend by force from within, burst denoting the greater violence; as, to burst a gun; to rupture a blood-vessel; a steam-boiler may be ruptured when its substance is made to divide by internal pressure without explosion. To rip, as usually applied to garments or other articles made by sewing or stitching, is to divide along the line of a seam by cutting or breaking the stitches; the other senses bear some resemblance or analogy to this; as, to rip open a wound. Compare BREAK.

   Synonyms:
   break, burst, cleave, mangle, rend, rip, rive, rupture, sever, slit, sunder, tear

   Antonyms:
   heal, join, mend, reunite, secure, sew, solder, stitch, unite, weld

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1. lacerate, laceratedadjective

   irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn

   "lacerate leaves"

   Synonyms:
   lacerated, torn, mangled

   Antonyms:
   smooth, uninjured

2. lacerate, lacerated, mangled, tornverb

   having edges that are jagged from injury

   Synonyms:
   lacerated, torn, mangled

   Antonyms:
   smooth, uninjured

3. lacerateverb

   cut or tear irregularly

   Antonyms:
   smooth, uninjured

4. lacerateverb

   deeply hurt the feelings of; distress

   "his lacerating remarks"

   Antonyms:
   smooth, uninjured

Matched Categories

1. • Hurt
   • Tear

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1. lacerateverb

   Synonyms:
   tear, sever, mangle, rend, lancinate, laniate, claw, tear asunder, tear to pieces

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1. lacerateverb

   Synonyms:
   tear, rend, mangle, laniate, harrow, wound, harry, distress

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1. Stephen Hargarten:

   The bullet enters the body, and the energy, as it dissipates, tissues stretch and lacerate, bones fracture. The bullet and its kinetic energy causes acute injury, we advocate for research funding support so we can seek better ways to prevent these injuries and to improve the treatment of these injuries that impact long-term disabilities.

2. Todd Boyd:

   Muhammad Ali used Muhammad Ali tongue to lacerate racism and White supremacy and oppression in America, muhammad Ali became more militant, not less. Muhammad Ali became more assertive, not less. Muhammad Ali became more confrontational, not less.