lacerate

Verb

Verb Forms: lacerated, lacerating, lacerates

• To tear or cut roughly.
• cut or tear irregularly
• deeply hurt the feelings of; distress
• To tear, rip or wound.
• To defeat thoroughly; to thrash.

Adjective Satellite

• irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn
  • "lacerate leaves"
• having edges that are jagged from injury

Adj

• Mangled, torn, lacerated.
• Jagged, as if torn or lacerated.

Examples

• His aggressive play threatened to LACERATE his opponent’s lead in the Scrabble game.
• The bract at the base is dry and papery, often lacerate near its apex.

Synonyms

lacerated, mangled, torn

Anagrams of lacerate