deeply hurt the feelings of; distress The teacher was fired for lacerating a student who wrote a poor essay. This word has other definitions but this is the most important one for the GRE. à¦¬à¦¿à¦¦à§à¦°à§à¦£ à¦à¦°à¦¾ cleave, pierce, rend, tear, lacerate, breach à¦à¦¿à¦¨à§à¦¨ à¦à¦°à¦¾ interrupt, mangle, cut, break, tear, lacerate à¦à§à¦·à¦¤ à¦à¦°à¦¾ hurt, injure, scotch, scathe, chap, lacerate à¦¯à¦¨à§à¦¤à§à¦°à¦£à¦¾ à¦¦à§à¦¤à§à¦¤à¦¯à¦¼à¦¾ torture, trouble, excruciate, hurt, ail, lacerate à¦à§à¦·à¦¤à¦¬à¦¿à¦à§à¦·à¦¤ à¦à¦°à¦¾ lacerate à¦à¦¿à¦¨à§à¦¨à¦­à¦¿à¦¨à§à¦¨ à¦à¦°à¦¾ lacerate, mangel à¦¦à¦²à¦¿à¦¤à¦à¦¥à¦¿à¦¤ à¦à¦°à¦¾ lacerate. tear or make deep cuts in (flesh or skin). \\"the point had lacerated his neck\\". synonyms: cut (open), gash, slash, tear, rip, rend, mangle, mutilate, maim, maul, shred, score, scratch, scrape, graze, incise; knife, gouge, split, cleave, hack, stab, tear apart, butcher, savage, wound, injure, hurt, damage. \\"jagged edges that lacerated their arms\\" hurt, wound, distress, pain, harrow, torture, torment, crucify