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

Definitions

1. transitive 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.
2. participial adjective. Alt. of Lacerated
3. verb. cut or tear irregularly
4. verb. deeply hurt the feelings of; distress

   "his lacerating remarks"

5. adjective. having edges that are jagged from injury

   Synonyms: lacerated, mangled, torn

6. adjective. irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn

   "lacerate leaves"

   Synonyms: lacerated

Synonyms

lacerated, mangled, torn

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in lacerate:

lacertae

Common word forms

lacerated, lacerates, lacerately, lacerating

Words from these letters

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