lacerate

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

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

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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:

     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.

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.

lacerate

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

lacerate f pl

1. feminine plural of lacerato

lacerāte

1. vocative masculine singular of lacerātus

lacerate

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