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third-person singular simple present lacerates, present participle lacerating, simple past and past participle lacerated
(transitive) To tear, rip or wound. quotations examples
Machinery, surgical precision / Lacerate the limbs of the poorest of the children / Watch them scatter through the fields of departed
2019, “Human Target”, performed by Thy Art Is Murder
(transitive) To defeat thoroughly; to thrash. quotations examples
When the fixtures tumbled out of the computer for the start of a newly promoted season, Nigel Adkins must have wondered whether he had unknowingly broken any mirrors while walking under a ladder. Hot on the heels of a tough introduction to both Manchester clubs, a rampant Arsenal lacerated Southampton.
2012 September 15, Amy Lawrence, “Arsenal's Gervinho enjoys the joy of six against lowly Southampton”, in the Guardian
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(botany) Jagged, as if torn or lacerated. examples