cut or tear irregularly
lacerate
How to use lacerate in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for lacerate.
Editorial note
The doctors get our report and call and say, ‘But there can’t be a lacerated aorta.
Quick take
cut or tear irregularly
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of lacerate gathered in one view.
deeply hurt the feelings of; distress; "his lacerating remarks"
irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn; "lacerate leaves"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for lacerate.
verb
cut or tear irregularly
verb
deeply hurt the feelings of; distress; "his lacerating remarks"
adjective
irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn; "lacerate leaves"
See also: lacerated
adjective
having edges that are jagged from injury
Example sentences
The doctors get our report and call and say, ‘But there can’t be a lacerated aorta.
This is not uncommon in the ED. I remember using etomidate when I was a resident to deal with a kid who lacerated their tongue.
By the time I am done the book is in terrible shape -- it is lacerated with earmarks, scratched with scribbles, and if it's a soft cover its spine is cracked.
For example: am Canadian, had to get stitches for a nerve-damaged lacerated finger.
It's strange to me how anyone can have such arrogance about a complex system -- especially a social system -- that they "lacerate" those who question them.
I'm familiar with Dutch culture fairly well and it has many complex reasons for it's social structures that I don't think should be glibly lacerated to fit a concept.
It is sheer affectation to lacerate a man with the poisonous fragment of a bursting shell and to boggle at making his eyes water by means of lachrymatory gas.
Karbysheva, who remained standing, was seriously lacerated when the blast arrived and window glass severed a tendon in one of her arms and left thigh; none of her students, whom she ordered to hide under their desks, suffered cuts.
Of course if you had quoted the full context of your supposedly damning gas quote:"It is sheer affectation to lacerate a man with the poisonous fragment of a bursting shell and to boggle at making his eyes water by means of lachrymatory gas.
As Boyle and Hill point out, the men who were circumcised got additional counseling about safe sex practices compared to the control group, and then they had to refrain from having sex altogether for the simple reason that their lacerated penises had to be wrapped in bandages until their wounds healed — leading to what Boyle and Hill refer to as “time-out discrepancy” in the quote above.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use lacerate in a sentence?
The doctors get our report and call and say, ‘But there can’t be a lacerated aorta.
What does lacerate mean?
cut or tear irregularly
What part of speech is lacerate?
lacerate is commonly used as verb, adjective.