I. ˈlasəˌrāt, usu -ād.+V adjective
Etymology: Latin laceratus, past participle
: lacerated
II. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Latin laceratus, past participle of lacerare to tear, probably from lacer mangled; akin to Greek lakis rent
1. : to tear or rend roughly : wound jaggedly
my feet lacerated and swollen — Herbert Passin
oil smears trail on the blue water from her lacerated flank as a torpedo strikes home — H.W.Baldwin
lacerated by rocks — Claud Cockburn
enlarge and lacerate the heart — Sacheverell Sitwell
2. : to cause sharp mental or emotional pain to : pierce , harrow , torment
Puritan susceptibilities had been lacerated — Arnold Bennett
delighted in lacerating frauds and crackpots — Richard Maney
• lac·er·a·tive -ˌrād.iv, -rəd.- adjective