Lacerating

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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