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lacerating |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lacerate \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.
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