| lacerate | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. lacerate | cut or tear irregularly. |
| ~ rupture, tear, snap, bust | separate or cause to separate abruptly.; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper" |
| v. (emotion) | 2. lacerate | deeply hurt the feelings of; distress.; "his lacerating remarks" |
| ~ spite, bruise, injure, wound, offend, hurt | hurt the feelings of.; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego" |
| adj. | 3. lacerate, lacerated | irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn.; "lacerate leaves" |
| ~ rough | of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped. |
| adj. | 4. lacerate, lacerated, mangled, torn | having edges that are jagged from injury. |
| ~ injured | harmed.; "injured soldiers"; "injured feelings" |
| slash | | |
| n. (state) | 1. cut, gash, slash, slice | a wound made by cutting.; "he put a bandage over the cut" |
| ~ wound, lesion | an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin). |
| n. (object) | 2. slash | an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind). |
| ~ dry land, ground, solid ground, terra firma, earth, land | the solid part of the earth's surface.; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground" |
| n. (communication) | 3. diagonal, separatrix, slash, solidus, stroke, virgule | a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information. |
| ~ punctuation mark, punctuation | the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases. |
| n. (act) | 4. gash, slash | a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument. |
| ~ cutting, cut | the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge.; "his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels" |
| v. (contact) | 5. cut down, slash | cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete. |
| ~ cut | separate with or as if with an instrument.; "Cut the rope" |
| v. (contact) | 6. flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip | beat severely with a whip or rod.; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced" |
| ~ beat up, work over, beat | give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression.; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students" |
| ~ flagellate, scourge | whip.; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves" |
| ~ leather | whip with a leather strap. |
| ~ horsewhip | whip with a whip intended for horses. |
| ~ switch | flog with or as if with a flexible rod. |
| ~ cowhide | flog with a cowhide. |
| ~ cat | beat with a cat-o'-nine-tails. |
| ~ birch | whip with a birch twig. |
| v. (contact) | 7. gash, slash | cut open.; "she slashed her wrists" |
| ~ cut | separate with or as if with an instrument.; "Cut the rope" |
| v. (change) | 8. slash | cut drastically.; "Prices were slashed" |
| ~ cut down, reduce, trim back, trim down, cut, cut back, trim, bring down | cut down on; make a reduction in.; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits" |
| v. (motion) | 9. convulse, jactitate, slash, thrash, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, toss | move or stir about violently.; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed" |
| ~ shake, agitate | move or cause to move back and forth.; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking" |
| ~ whip | thrash about flexibly in the manner of a whiplash.; "The tall grass whipped in the wind" |
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