lacerate

verb
🔊/ˈlæsəreɪt/
🔊/ˈlæsəreɪt/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they lacerate
🔊/ˈlæsəreɪt/
🔊/ˈlæsəreɪt/
he / she / it lacerates
🔊/ˈlæsəreɪts/
🔊/ˈlæsəreɪts/
past simple lacerated
🔊/ˈlæsəreɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈlæsəreɪtɪd/
past participle lacerated
🔊/ˈlæsəreɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈlæsəreɪtɪd/
-ing form lacerating
🔊/ˈlæsəreɪtɪŋ/
🔊/ˈlæsəreɪtɪŋ/
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  1. lacerate something to cut skin or part of the body with something sharp划破,割裂(皮或肉)
    • His hand had been badly lacerated.他的一只手被严重划伤了。🔊🔊
  2. lacerate somebody to criticize somebody very severely严厉抨击;斥责
  3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin lacerat- ‘mangled’, from the verb lacerare, from lacer ‘mangled, torn’.