dilacerate

American

[dih-las-uh-reyt, dahy-] / dɪˈlæs əˌreɪt, daɪ- /

verb (used with object)

dilacerated, dilacerating

to tear apart or to pieces.

Etymology

Origin of dilacerate

1375–1425; late Middle English (adj.) < Latin dīlacerātus torn to pieces (past participle of dīlacerāre ), equivalent to dī- di- ² + lacerātus torn; lacerate

Example Sentences

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Dilacerate, di-las′ėr-āt, v.t. to rend or tear asunder.—n.

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Associated words: pedagogy, pedagogics, didactics, paideutics, propædeutics, didactic, instructive, propædeutic, pædeutic, pedagogic, pedagogism, didacticism. team, n. span, pair. tear, n. rent, fissure, rip. tear, v. rend, rip, lacerate, dilacerate, sunder, dismember; fume, rage, rave, rant, storm. tearful, a. lachrymose, weeping, maudlin. tearing, n. rending, laceration, lancination, ripping, dismemberment. tears, n. pl.

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