lacerates
Rips flesh open
Lacerates is the present-tense form of lacerate, meaning to tear or cut roughly, producing jagged wounds rather than clean incisions: The broken glass lacerated his arm.
Figuratively, something that lacerates causes sharp emotional pain: Her criticism lacerated his confidence.
The noun is laceration.
Aggressive hostile actions
- savagesUncivilized or brutal people
- evisceratesRemoves internal organs
- excoriatesSeverely criticizes or denounces
- flaysStrips off hide
shreds · tears apart · decimates · destroys · demolishes · skewers · roasts · condemns
cuts
Severs or reduces
rips · wounds · slices · shreds · mangles · flays · gouges · incises · severs · pierces
attacks
Aggressive hostile actions
- savagesUncivilized or brutal people
- evisceratesRemoves internal organs
- excoriatesSeverely criticizes or denounces
flays · shreds · tears apart · decimates · destroys · demolishes · skewers · roasts · condemns · denounces
wounds
Bodily tissue damage
- hurtsCauses physical distress
- devastatesDestroys thoroughly and completely
- piercesPasses sharply through
stings · cuts · bruises · torments · agonizes · pains · crushes · shatters · breaks · traumatizes