lacerate
verb
[ ˈlasəreɪt ]
• tear or make deep cuts in (flesh or skin).
• "the point had lacerated his neck"
Similar:
cut (open),
gash,
slash,
tear,
rip,
rend,
mangle,
mutilate,
maim,
maul,
shred,
score,
scratch,
scrape,
graze,
incise,
knife,
gouge,
split,
cleave,
hack,
stab,
tear apart,
butcher,
savage,
wound,
injure,
hurt,
damage,
distress,
pain,
harrow,
torture,
torment,
crucify,
tear to pieces/shreds,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin lacerat- ‘mangled’, from the verb lacerare, from lacer ‘mangled, torn’.
