DILACERATE

dilacerate. dilacerate, to rent in sunder:

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dilacerate. Dilacerate, v.t. to tear, rend, force in two, spoil

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Di‐lac″er‐ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dilacerated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dilacerating (?).] [[L. dilaceratus, p. p. of dilacerare to tear apart; di- = dis- + lacerare to tear.]] To rend asunder; to tear to pieces. Sir T. Browne.