lacerate
verb (used with object)
to tear roughly; mangle.
is lacerating
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present progressiveof lacerate (3rd 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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“Haegeum” is lacerating about modern life in South Korea: “Maybe we do it to ourselves/ Slaves to capitalism, slaves to money/ Slaves to hatred and prejudice/ Slaves to YouTube, slaves to flexin’.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2023
Like Rachel Cusk’s “Outline,” “Wilful Disregard” is lacerating in its intelligence and honesty; it makes you waver between loathing and compassion for basically all humans.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 13, 2016
I am not thin-skinned, and Under Western Eyes is my favourite novel, but the closing section is lacerating music for the nerves.
From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by Huneker, James
