Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective torn roughly; -- of skin.
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- adjective Having
lacerations - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
lacerate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having edges that are jagged from injury
- adjective irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn
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Examples
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"In those countries, unfortunately marked by profound divisions and lacerated by years-long conflicts, the church is called to be a sign and instrument of unity and reconciliation," said Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday (Oct. 10), opening a special two-week session of the Synod of
Vatican Focuses On Troubles in Middle East Josh Fleet 2010
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Get ready for a series of deadly dull budgets in which red tape is repeatedly shredded, entrepreneurs encouraged and bureaucrats lacerated.
We're Losing All the Fun of Budget Day Paul Hannon 2011
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Shelton, who was not arrested, suffered "abrasions, a dislocated hip, a fractured femur and pelvis, and a lacerated liver, which required surgery," according to his complaint.
D.C.'s other thriving industry: Lawsuits Paul Schwartzman 2010
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Every so often we came together in desperation, trying to accommodate each other once again: but her edges lacerated my skin, and the pressure of my body would dull the carefully honed keenness of her blades.
Obsidian Mandy Taggart 2011
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Shelton, who was not arrested, suffered "abrasions, a dislocated hip, a fractured femur and pelvis, and a lacerated liver, which required surgery," according to his complaint.
From 2007 to 2009, D.C. paid more than $50 million in legal settlements Paul Schwartzman Washington Post Staff Writer 2010
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Shelton, who was not arrested, suffered "abrasions, a dislocated hip, a fractured femur and pelvis, and a lacerated liver, which required surgery," according to his complaint.
From 2007 to 2009, D.C. paid more than $50 million in legal settlements Paul Schwartzman Washington Post Staff Writer 2010
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No testicles were harmed, no wives were raped, no pen! ses were lacerated with razor blades …
Think Progress » Maddow Corrects GOP Rep. Schock On Basic Facts Of Abdulmuttalab Case 2010
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He lacerated his party for failing to offer a national message in 2010 to counter the GOP description of Obama and congressional Democrats as “crypto-Socialists who were driving the country right off the brink.”
Bill Clinton and crypto-Socialists Ruth Marcus 2011
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Davies suffered a broken fibula, tibia and femur of his right leg, torn ligaments in his left knee, a lacerated bladder, a fractured left elbow, facial injuries and serious head trauma.
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Even with his protective vest, he came away with broken ribs, a lacerated liver and bruised kidneys and spleen.
Chicken on a Wire Michael Gillan Maxwell 2011
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