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English Dictionary: lacerated	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for lacerated
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lacerated adj irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn; "lacerate leaves" Synonym(s): lacerate, lacerated having edges that are jagged from injury Synonym(s): lacerate, lacerated, mangled, torn
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lacerate \Lac"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lacerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lacerating} ([?]>).] [L. laceratus, p. p. of lacerare to lacerate, fr. lacer mangled, lacerated; cf. Gr. [?] a rent, rending, [?] to tear; perh. akin to E. slay.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lacerate \Lac"erate\, Lacerated* \Lac"era`ted\, p. a. [L. laceratus, p. p.] 1. Rent; torn; mangled; as, a lacerated* wound. By each other's fury lacerate --Southey. 2. (Bot. & Zo[94]l.) Jagged, or slashed irregularly, at the end, or along the edge.