lacerate

transitive verb

To rip, cut, or tear.

transitive verb

To cause deep emotional pain to; distress.

adjective

Torn; mangled.

adjective

Wounded.

adjective

Having jagged, deeply cut edges.

To tear roughly; mangle in rending or violently tearing apart: as, to lacerate the flesh; a lacerated wound.

Figuratively, to torture; harrow: as, to lacerate one’s feelings.

Rent; torn: specifically applied (from natural appearance) in botany (also lacerated) to a leaf having the edge variously cut into irregular segments, and in anatomy to three foramina at the base of the cranium. See below.

adjective

Rent; torn; mangled.

adjective

Jagged, or slashed irregularly, at the end, or along the edge.