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lacerate

verb
/ˈlæ.sɚ.ɛɪt//ˈlæ.sɚ.ət/

Etymology

The verb is first attested in 1425, the adjective in 1514; inherited from Middle English laceraten, borrowed from Latin lacerātus, perfect passive participle of lacerō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

  1. borrowed from lacerātus
  2. inherited from laceraten

Definitions

  1. To tear, rip or wound.

    • Machinery, surgical precision / Lacerate the limbs of the poorest of the children / Watch them scatter through the fields of departed

  2. To defeat thoroughly

    To defeat thoroughly; to thrash.

  3. Mangled, torn, lacerated.

    • But who can gaze Upon that other form, which on the rood In agony is stretched?... his hands transfixed, And lacerate with the body's pendent weight;
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Jagged, as if torn or lacerated.

      • The bract at the base is dry and papery, often lacerate near its apex.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at lacerate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at lacerate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at lacerate

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA