Lacerate vs Lacerative - What's the difference?
lacerate | lacerative |
To tear, rip or wound.
To thoroughly defeat; to thrash
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(botany) Jagged, as if torn or lacerated.
As adjectives the difference between lacerate and lacerative
is that lacerate is (botany) jagged, as if torn or lacerated while lacerative is lacerating, or having the power to lacerate.As a verb lacerate
is to tear, rip or wound.lacerate
English
Verb
(lacerat)citation, page= , passage=When the fixtures tumbled out of the computer for the start of a newly promoted season, Nigel Adkins must have wondered whether he had unknowingly broken any mirrors while walking under a ladder. Hot on the heels of a tough introduction to both Manchester clubs, a rampant Arsenal lacerated Southampton.}}
Adjective
(-)- The bract at the base is dry and papery, often lacerate near its apex.