глагол [литературно-книжное] 1) рвать, раздирать, разрывать Синоним(ы): rend, tear, mangle 2) терзать, мучить; калечить Синоним(ы): wound 3) разрывать; огорчать, причинять боль Синоним(ы): afflict, distress, harrow
I. transitive verb (-ated; -ating) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin laceratus, past participle of lacerare to tear; akin to Greek lakis tear 1. to tear or rend roughly; wound jaggedly 2. to cause sharp mental or emotional pain to; distress • lacerative adjective II. adjective or lacerated 1. a. torn jaggedly; mangled b. extremely harrowed or distracted 2. having the edges deeply and irregularly cut Example: a lacerate petal