lacerate

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English laceraten, from Latin lacerātus, past participle of lacerō.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (verb): IPA(key): /ˈlæ.sɚ.ɛɪt/
  • (verb): Hyphenation: lac‧er‧ate
  • (adjective): IPA(key): /ˈlæ.sɚ.ət/
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

lacerate (third-person singular simple present lacerates, present participle lacerating, simple past and past participle lacerated)

  1. (transitive) To tear, rip or wound.
    • 2019, “Human Target”, performed by Thy Art Is Murder:
      Machinery, surgical precision / Lacerate the limbs of the poorest of the children / Watch them scatter through the fields of departed
  2. (transitive) To defeat thoroughly; to thrash.
    • 2012 September 15, Amy Lawrence, “Arsenal's Gervinho enjoys the joy of six against lowly Southampton”, in the Guardian[1]:
      When the fixtures tumbled out of the computer for the start of a newly promoted season, Nigel Adkins must have wondered whether he had unknowingly broken any mirrors while walking under a ladder. Hot on the heels of a tough introduction to both Manchester clubs, a rampant Arsenal lacerated Southampton.

Translations[edit]

Adjective[edit]

lacerate (not comparable)

  1. (botany) Jagged, as if torn or lacerated.
    The bract at the base is dry and papery, often lacerate near its apex.

Italian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Verb[edit]

lacerate

  1. inflection of lacerare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2[edit]

Participle[edit]

lacerate f pl

  1. feminine plural of lacerato

Latin[edit]

Participle[edit]

lacerāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of lacerātus

Spanish[edit]

Verb[edit]

lacerate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of lacerar combined with te