| ACERATE | • acerate n. (Chemistry) A combination of aceric acid with a salifiable base. • acerate adj. Acerose; needle-shaped; long and pointed.
 • ACERATE adj. needle-shaped.
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| ACERATED | • acerated adj. Synonym of acerate. • ACERATED adj. needle-shaped, also ACERATE.
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| LACERATE | • lacerate v. (Transitive) To tear, rip or wound. • lacerate v. (Transitive) To defeat thoroughly; to thrash.
 • lacerate adj. (Botany) Jagged, as if torn or lacerated.
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| MACERATE | • macerate v. To soften (something) or separate it into pieces by soaking it in a heated or unheated liquid. • macerate v. (Archaic) To make lean; to cause to waste away.
 • macerate v. (Obsolete) To subdue the appetite by poor or scanty diet; to mortify.
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| LACERATED | • lacerated adj. Having lacerations. • lacerated v. Simple past tense and past participle of lacerate.
 • LACERATE v. to tear roughly.
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| LACERATES | • lacerates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lacerate. • LACERATE v. to tear roughly.
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| MACERATED | • macerated v. Simple past tense and past participle of macerate. • MACERATE v. to soften by soaking.
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| MACERATER | • macerater n. One who, or that which, macerates. • macerater n. An apparatus for converting paper or fibrous matter into pulp.
 • MACERATER n. one who macerates.
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| MACERATES | • macerates n. Plural of macerate. • macerates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of macerate.
 • MACERATE v. to soften by soaking.
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| DILACERATE | • dilacerate v. (Transitive) To rend asunder; to tear to pieces. • DILACERATE v. to rend or tear asunder.
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| MACERATERS | • maceraters n. Plural of macerater. • MACERATER n. one who macerates.
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| DILACERATED | • dilacerated v. Simple past tense and past participle of dilacerate. • DILACERATE v. to rend or tear asunder.
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| DILACERATES | • dilacerates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dilacerate. • DILACERATE v. to rend or tear asunder.
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