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

This summer lacerates us as we gradually accept that warnings won’t work.

From Washington Post

One of my friends lost her home and now had a Band-Aid slapped across her forehead from running into a lacerating cupboard.

From Salon

The novel takes its name from the lacerating tears Ike sheds over what can never be.

From Los Angeles Times