Synonyms of lacerating

lacerating 1 of 2

adjective

as in piercing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• piercing
• jagged
• stabbing
• scratching
• jabbing
• knifelike
• clawlike
• spiky
• trenchant
• pointed
• daggerlike
• pointy
• sharpened
• cutting
• ground
• spikey
• edged
• honed
• edgy
• sharp
• keen
• stropped
• whetted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• blunt
• dull
• smooth
• rounded
• soft
• obtuse
• blunted
• dulled
• flat
• level
• even
• slick

lacerating

2 of 2

verb

present participle of lacerate

as in bruising

to cut (someone's flesh) deeply or roughly

The broken glass lacerated his feet.

The patient's hand was severely lacerated.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bruising
• wounding
• piercing
• slashing
• mangling
• tearing
• stabbing
• sawing
• slicing
• slitting
• splitting
• gashing
• butchering
• incising
• shearing
• hacking
• haggling
• cleaving
• ripping
• crosscutting
• severing
• rending
• scissoring
• goring
• dissecting
• carving
• hacksawing
• chipping
• chiseling
• riving
• chiselling
• chopping
• sectioning
• anatomizing
• notching
• mincing
• dicing
• amputating
• cutting off