lacerate
verb (used with object)
to tear roughly; mangle.
had lacerated
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past perfectof lacerate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He had lacerated his soul with those grim memories to earn a yet kinder word.
From The Tavern Knight by Rafael Sabatini
Time, the great healer of all wounds, the great reconciler to all fates, the great arbitrator of all disputes, had almost lost to him those tenderest ties which had lacerated his poor heart.
From The Real America in Romance, Volume 6; a Century Too Soon (A Story by John R. (John Roy) Musick
"Oh, as we do them," said Cyril Scott, who had lacerated his fingers and wanted to see some reward.
From Aaron's Rod by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
He had fallen in doing so and had lacerated his hand.
From The Lonely House by Adolph Streckfuss
I saw that my situation and my youth had lacerated Mrs. Ispenlove's sensitive heart, and that she wished to give it balm by being humane to me.
From Sacred and Profane Love by Arnold Bennett
