lacerate
Example Sentences
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Judge Cote lacerated the plaintiff attorneys for cherry-picking evidence and ignoring studies that have found no causal link.
A law enforcement official previously told The Times the boy suffered “massive injuries,” including a broken jaw, fractured ribs and a lacerated liver.
From Los Angeles Times
"I broke my toe, five ribs, I lacerated my spleen, and I've got a big hole in the back of my leg that got badly infected," she said.
From BBC
He left the room, returning with a metronome whose loud, mechanical clicking lacerated the otherwise-fine mood being created by a Bach record on the turntable.
From Salon
Despite those assurances, she and her agency have been the subject of lacerating critiques from Carter, the federal judge.
From Los Angeles Times
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