Thesaurus / lacerate
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Creator Meredith Scardino freely borrows executive producer Tina Fey’s breakneck comic pacing and lacerating feminist critiques, especially when it comes to the damage wrought on women in the spotlight.
THE 10 BEST TV SHOWS FROM THE FIRST HALF OF 2021INKOO KANGJULY 1, 2021WASHINGTON POSTHe broke his leg as a sophomore, lacerated a kidney as a junior, turned pro anyway — and had to wait to celebrate.
STEFON DIGGS WANTED A NEW START. THE BILLS NEEDED A SPARK. NOW THE NFL IS ON NOTICE.BARRY SVRLUGAJANUARY 22, 2021WASHINGTON POSTWomen shall not lacerate their faces, nor indulge in immoderate wailing for the dead.
THE TWO GREAT REPUBLICS: ROME AND THE UNITED STATESJAMES HAMILTON LEWISThese spurs do not lacerate the horse, as their points are blunt.
MEXICOCHARLES REGINALD ENOCKZoe trotted away with her head up, carrying the kitten very carefully lest her teeth should lacerate its tender skin.
LIVES OF THE FUR FOLKM. D. HAVILANDShe was like a wounded animal that longs to strike, to tear with its claws, to lacerate and leave bleeding.
DECEMBER LOVEROBERT HICHENSHuman souls were never made to do penance, to lacerate and torment themselves in worship or duty.
AIMS AND AIDS FOR GIRLS AND YOUNG WOMENGEORGE SUMNER WEAVERThese slings of fortune, however lightly he pretended to receive them, never failed to lacerate him.
JENNIE GERHARDTTHEODORE DREISERSo the cogwheels of a machine designed for some useful purpose will lacerate the hand of a man who gets in their way.
PARALLEL PATHSTHOMAS WILLIAM ROLLESTONAnd taking the spear thyself, thou didst direct it right against me, and didst lacerate my fair flesh.
THE ILIAD OF HOMER (1873)HOMERWORDS RELATED TO LACERATE
- amputate
- behead
- bisect
- bite
- carve
- chine
- chip
- chisel
- cleave
- clip
- crop
- curtail
- decussate
- dice
- dispatch
- dissect
- dissever
- divide
- facet
- fell
- flitch
- gash
- guillotine
- hack
- hash
- hew
- intersect
- lacerate
- lay open
- level
- lop
- massacre
- mince
- mow
- mow down
- nick
- notch
- part
- penetrate
- perforate
- pierce
- prune
- puncture
- quarter
- rabbet
- raze
- reap
- rend
- rip
- rive
- saber
- saw
- scarify
- scissor
- score
- scythe
- separate
- shave
- shear
- sickle
- skive
- slash
- slaughter
- slay
- slice
- slit
- sliver
- snip
- abuse
- bang up
- batter
- bleach
- blight
- break
- burn
- contaminate
- corrode
- corrupt
- crack
- cripple
- deface
- defile
- dirty
- discolor
- disfigure
- disintegrate
- dismantle
- fade
- gnaw
- harm
- hurt
- impair
- incapacitate
- infect
- injure
- lacerate
- maim
- maltreat
- mangle
- mar
- mutilate
- pollute
- ravage
- rot
- ruin
- rust
- scathe
- scorch
- scratch
- smash
- split
- spoil
- stab
- stain
- tamper with
- tarnish
- tear
- undermine
- vitiate
- weaken
- wear away
- wound
- wreak havoc on
- wreck
- wrong
- abuses
- bangs up
- batters
- bleaches
- blights
- breaks
- burns
- contaminates
- corrodes
- corrupts
- cracks
- cripples
- defaces
- defiles
- dirties
- discolors
- disfigures
- disintegrates
- dismantles
- fades
- gnaws
- harms
- hurts
- impairs
- incapacitates
- infects
- injures
- lacerates
- maims
- maltreats
- mangles
- mars
- mutilates
- pollutes
- ravages
- rots
- ruins
- rusts
- scathes
- scorches
- scratches
- smashes
- splits
- spoils
- stabs
- stains
- tamper with
- tarnishes
- tears
- undermines
- vitiates
- weakens
- wears away
- winds
- wreaks havoc on
- wrecks
- wrongs
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