Bible Dictionaries
Lacerate

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(p. a.) Alt. of Lacerated

(2):

(v. t.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Lacerate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​l/lacerate.html. 1828.