lacerated
Americanadjective
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mangled; jagged; torn.
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pained; wounded; tortured.
lacerated sensibilities.
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Botany, Zoology. having the edge variously cut as if torn into irregular segments, as a leaf.
Other Word Forms
- unlacerated adjective
Etymology
Origin of lacerated
Example Sentences
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"I'm convinced that if my nerve was lacerated tomorrow I would have our implant put in," he said.
From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026
“We have been lacerated by the tentacles of corruption and by criminal networks that have profoundly marked the life of our country,” Zelaya wrote on X on Monday.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025
He left the room, returning with a metronome whose loud, mechanical clicking lacerated the otherwise-fine mood being created by a Bach record on the turntable.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2025
After sitting out three games with a lacerated liver, he returned to play in a school-record 149 plays from scrimmage this month against Stanford.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2023
I find Abuela sitting motionless on her wicker swing, wearing a worn bathing suit, her hair stuck haphazardly to her skull, her feet strangely lacerated.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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