LACERATE

lacerate. Lacerate, v.t. to tear in pieces, rend, destroy

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Lac″er‐ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lacerated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Lacerating (�>).] [[L. laceratus, p. p. of lacerare to lacerate, fr. lacer mangled, lacerated; cf. Gr. � a rent, rending, � to tear; perh. akin to E. slay.]] To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; as, to lacerate the flesh. Hence: To afflict; to torture; as, to lacerate the heart.