lacerate
verb (used with object)
to tear roughly; mangle.
am lacerating
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present progressiveof lacerate (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I am worrying you, I am lacerating your hearts, I am keeping every one in the house awake.
From White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
I am worrying you, I am lacerating your hearts, I am keeping everyone in the house awake.
From Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
