Dictionary Entry
lacerate
lacerate is a 8-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; as, to lacerate the flesh. Hence: To afflict; to torture; as, to lacerate the heart. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 6 senses
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- 1transitive verb
To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; as, to lacerate the flesh. Hence: To afflict; to torture; as, to lacerate the heart.
- 2participial adjective
Alt. of Lacerated
- 3verb
cut or tear irregularly
- 4verb
deeply hurt the feelings of; distress
"his lacerating remarks"
- 5adjective
having edges that are jagged from injury
- 6adjective
irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn
"lacerate leaves"
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