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单词 lacerating
释义
lacerating
adjective
uk
/ˈlæs.ər.eɪ.tɪŋ/us
/ˈlæs.ə.reɪ.t̬ɪŋ/
formal
criticizingorattackingsomeone with words in a verypowerfulway:
Thecandidatelauncheda laceratingattackon hisopponent.
She had aquickmindand a laceratingwit.
He isequallylacerating aboutjournalistswhoallowpoliticiansto get away withlying.
literary
causingsomeone tofeelgreatemotionalpain:
You need something todistractyou from laceratinggrief.
More examples
  • The show is where manypeopleturnfor laceratingcriticismof thegovernment.
  • Thenewspaperpublisheda laceratingeditorialcriticizingthepresident.
  • Theplayisfullof lacerating observations abouthumannature.
  • Ithinkthe film's laceratinghumourwillstandthetestoftime.
  • Thesufferingsheinflictedon hispoorwifewere more lacerating still.
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Critical & uncomplimentary
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  • astringently
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  • censorious
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  • derogatory
  • disapproving
  • pejorative
  • pointed
  • pointedly
  • self-damning
  • shade
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  • snidely
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Chastising & rebuking
Saddening, shocking and upsetting
(Definition oflaceratingfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

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lacerating
The act of per forating orlaceratingwith a reasonably fresh stingray spine in a ritual context would thus result in the poisoning of the individual.
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Pneumatic drills, a compressor, a cement mixer, and something that sounds like a monstrous saw, have beenlaceratingour nerves.
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The most common causes of hyphema are intraocular surgery, blunt trauma, andlaceratingtrauma.
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He grew acutely aware of thelaceratingcontrast between the interior life of man and his incapacity to manifest it in his relations with others.
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The company was especially noteworthy for writing about women's issues withlaceratinghumor in often absurdist situations.
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The best of them possess so muchlaceratingwit and unswerving commitment that they fairly shame their hidebound mainstream counterparts into retirement.
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Thoughlaceratinghis liver and causing a bone fracture, he still managed to safely stop the bus.
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The poem's vicious and unremitting attacks are impressively constructed, and even entertaining in theirlaceratingcynicism.
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The ninjato was able to cut six inches into the shoulder,laceratingthe arm's blood vessels and the lung, and causing death by bleed-out within a matter of seconds.
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Burning pain is the most common sensation, but patients also report pins and needles, pressing,lacerating, aching, and extreme bursts or constant sharp or unremitting excruciating pain.
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During predatory attacks, leopards typically bite their prey's throat or the nape of the neck,laceratingor severing jugular veins and carotid arteries, causing rapid exsanguination.
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Adept at picking out the hypocrisy from the rhetoric and intent on voicing sharp,laceratingtruths about society, she never misses an opportunity for wit, and her range is extraordinary.
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