lacerative

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/ˈlæsəɹətɪv/

adjective

Lacerating, or having the power to lacerate.

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Meanings

adjectivelacerative (comparative more lacerative, superlative most lacerative)

comparative more lacerative · superlative most lacerative

  1. Lacerating, or having the power to lacerate.

    the continual afflux of lacerative humours

    1672, Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus, Or, The Anatomy of Consumptions

Origin

From lacerate + -ive.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

calaverite
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APA

lacerative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lacerative

MLA

“lacerative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lacerative. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lacerative,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lacerative.

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