lacerate

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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Verb

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

To tear, rip or wound

• Bulgarian: разкъсвам (bg) (razkǎsvam), раздирам (bg) (razdiram)
• French: lacérer (fr)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἑλκόω (helkóō), ἀμύσσω (amússō)

• Ido: lacerar (io)
• Latin: lacerō
• Maori: whakangaeke, haehae, hae
• Russian: раздирать (ru) (razdiratʹ), рвать (ru) (rvatʹ), ра́нить (ru) (ránitʹ)
• Spanish: lacerar (es)

Adjective

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

Etymology 1

Verb

lacerate

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

Etymology 2

Participle

lacerate f pl

1. feminine plural of lacerato

Latin

Participle

lacerāte

1. vocative masculine singular of lacerātus

Spanish

Verb

lacerate

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