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.

{ Lac"er*ate (?), Lac"er*a`ted (?), } p. a. [L. laceratus, p. p.] 1. Rent; torn; mangled; as, a lacerated wound.

By each other's fury lacerate

2. (Bot. & Zoöl.) Jagged, or slashed irregularly, at the end, or along the edge.

• to tear, rip or wound