lacerant
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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The bell on the orthodox church called the members of Mr. Peck's society together for the business meeting with the same plangent, lacerant note that summoned them to worship on Sundays.
From Annie Kilburn : a Novel by Howells, William Dean
Secundum est pravitas Tyrannorum suorum, qui semper inter se se lacerant et rodunt, et subditos excoriant.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator by Various
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