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lacerate |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lacerate \Lac"er*ate\, Lacerated \Lac"er*a`ted\, p. a. [L. laceratus, p. p.] 1. Rent; torn; mangled; as a lacerated wound. By each other's fury lacerate --Southey. 2. (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) Jagged, or slashed irregularly, at the end or along the edge. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lacerate \Lac"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lacerated}; p. pr & vb n. {Lacerating} (?>).] [L. laceratus, p. p. of lacerare to lacerate, fr lacer mangled, lacerated; cf Gr ? a rent, rending, ? to tear; perh. akin to E. slay.] To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; as to lacerate the flesh. Hence: To afflict; to torture; as to lacerate the heart. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: lacerate adj 1: irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn; "lacerate leaves" 2: having edges that are jagged from injury [syn: {lacerated}, {mangled}, {torn}] v : cut or tear irregularly
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