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dilacerate

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di⋅lac⋅er⋅ate

  [di-las-uh-reyt, dahy-]
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–verb (used with object), -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
to tear apart or to pieces.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME (adj.) < L dīlacerātus torn to pieces (ptp. of dīlacerāre), equiv. to dī- di- 2 + lacerātus torn; see lacerate
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