Lacerated
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To tear, rip or wound.
Torn
Part of speech: verb
Definition: (rip, rend, speed).
Example sentence: My art teacher was really encouraging me, because he really liked that I could draw. I felt very torn. At that time, I had to pick one, and I felt much more confident in the arts than I did in chemistry. My big thing was that I actually wanted to be like Jacques Cousteau.