lacerate

verb

/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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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。
lacerate somebody to criticize somebody very severely严厉抨击；斥责

Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin lacerat- ‘mangled’, from the verb lacerare, from lacer ‘mangled, torn’.

BNC: 33699 COCA: 31623

lacerate