lacerated

comparative more lacerated · superlative most lacerated

1. Having lacerations, literally or figuratively.

   Master would keep this lacerated young woman tied up in this horrid situation four or five hours at a time.

   1845, Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Dougass, an American Slave

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   He enjoyed the pleasant social intercourse with Olga’s friends, while the friendship which had sprung up between the fair countess and himself was a source of never-ending delight. It broke in upon and dispersed his gloomy thoughts, and served as a balm to his lacerated heart.

   1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 41

   Raining blood / From a lacerated sky / Bleeding its horror / Creating my structure / Now I shall reign in blood

   1986, “Raining Blood”, performed by Slayer

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of lacerate