If you don't wear protective clothing, the sharp leaves will lacerate your skin.
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Lacerate
/ˈlæ.sɚ.ɛɪt/
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Her letters lacerate my heart, flay it wide open bleeding - yet I read every word.
Source: tatoeba (11000006)
By a microscope, the bug will be seen to have eight legs, two feelers, and an abdomen something egg-shaped; colour livid red; and in size no bigger than the point of a small needle. They lacerate the epidermis in some way or other, as a small hole is observable where they have been seated; and cause extreme itching and considerable inflammation of the part.
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I'll seize you and lacerate you!
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