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.
[1913 Webster] Lacerate