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/ |
- lacerate something to cut skin or part of the body with something sharp
- His hand had been badly lacerated.
- lacerate somebody to criticize somebody very severely
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin lacerat- ‘mangled’, from the verb lacerare, from lacer ‘mangled, torn’.