The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dilacerate
Dilacerate \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.
Wiktionary
dilacerate
vb. (context transitive English) To rend asunder; to tear to pieces.
Usage examples of "dilacerate".
The habitual spectators at the School of Medicine, the College of France, and the Faculty of Sciences, know how experiments are made on the living flesh, how muscles are divided and cut, the nerves wrenched or dilacerated, the bones broken or methodically opened with gouge, mallet, saw, and pincers.