Meaning & use
Lacerating
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Deeply cutting or wounding, whether physically or in a harshly critical, emotionally painful way.
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The critic wrote a lacerating review of the film.
The barbed wire left a lacerating gash across his arm.
A note on using this word
"Lacerating" derives from the Latin "lacerare," meaning to tear, and is often applied figuratively to harsh criticism.
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