lacerate

/ˈla-sə-ˌrāt/

Middle English, from Latin laceratus, past participle of lacerare to tear; akin to Greek lakis tear

verb

  1. to tear or rend roughly : wound, jaggedly

  2. to cause sharp mental or emotional pain to : distress

adjective

  1. torn jaggedly : mangled

  2. extremely harrowed or distracted

  3. having the edges deeply and irregularly cut