lacerate

Example Sentences

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This type of semi-automatic weapon was used in the recent Nashville school shooting, and are known to be especially deadly because of their ability to lacerate organs.

From Salon

The most lacerating cry from the heart may come on the opening pages, with Bering’s final email, sent as she prepared to face Israeli guns:

From Los Angeles Times

Gardner-Johnson, who has six interceptions, returned after he missed five games with a lacerated kidney.

From Seattle Times

Gardner-Johnson, who suffered a lacerated kidney against Green Bay on Nov. 27.

From Seattle Times

But what has led publications including The Hollywood Reporter and Variety, to call the Poitras film both "exquisite" and "lacerating," is the director's weaving of Goldin's own history through the narrative.

From BBC