lacerate
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/
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Verb edit
lacerate (third-person singular simple present lacerates, present participle lacerating, simple past and past participle lacerated)
- (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
- (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
To tear, rip or wound
Adjective edit
lacerate (not comparable)
Italian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
lacerate
- inflection of lacerare:
Etymology 2 edit
Participle edit
lacerate f pl
Latin edit
Participle edit
lacerāte
Spanish edit
Verb edit
lacerate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of lacerar combined with te