lacerate

to lacerate a person's feelings

the point had lacerated his neck.

The barbed wire had lacerated her arm.

The sharp stones lacerated his feet.

scales mostly gray, some brown, umbonate, margin shallowly erose-lacerate;

The sharp rocks lacerated his feet as he climbed the mountain.

The cat's claws lacerated the furniture, leaving scratches everywhere.

The knife lacerated the fabric, leaving a jagged tear.

The harsh criticism lacerated her self-esteem, leaving her feeling worthless.

The barbed wire lacerated his skin as he tried to climb over the fence.

The emotional trauma lacerated his heart, leaving him scarred for life.

The harsh words lacerated their friendship, causing a permanent rift.

The jagged glass lacerated his hand when he accidentally broke the window.

The betrayal lacerated her trust in others, making it hard for her to open up again.

The sharp thorns lacerated his skin as he tried to pick the roses.

Robert stared at his mother, her face pale and expressionless, her body lacerated from the crash.

The fatal blow struck the victim on the back of the head, lacerating a four-inch section of the scalp.

She was terribly lacerated—I may say, without exaggeration, literally flayed.

Joan Rivers was known for her lacerating and outrageous humour that took aim not only at Hollywood celebrities but also herself.

And he kept drifting about to find Becky and lacerate her with the performance.

After having lacerated it sufficiently to satisfy her outraged womanly honour, we began to explain ourselves.

In general, any trauma-related bleeding is an emergency and the site of bleeding has to be repaired right away - generally by applying pressure and stitching lacerations.

They are deceived who imagine that he arises from his knees, with back lacerated and bleeding, cherishing only a spirit of meekness and forgiveness.

He who in his childhood had saved the lives of the earthworms now began to picture the agonies of the rabbit from its lacerated leg.

So imagine you're slicing a nice garlic-cheese bagel one morning, and you lacerate the distal phalanx of your pollex — in other words, you cut the tip of your thumb.