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Synonyms for lacerated

  • adjective

Most common

injured torn mangled

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Adjective

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Having lacerations, literally or figuratively.

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Lacerated, Lacerate or Tear?

To lacerate is to tear roughly the flesh or animal tissue, as by the teeth of a wild beast; a lacerated wound is distinguished from a wound made by a clean cut or incision.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • injured Ten people were killed or injured in the accident.
  • torn The poor dog was literally torn apart by the lion.
  • mangled The bike was mangled in its collision with the truck.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
laceratedsteady
injuredsteady
tornrising
mangledrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
torn1
7 letters
injured2, mangled2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (injured2 = 2 syllables).