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dilacerate

[ dih-las-uh-reyt, dahy- ]

verb (used with object)

dilacerated, dilacerating.
  1. to tear apart or to pieces.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of dilacerate1

1375–1425; late Middle English (adj.) < Latin īٳܲ torn to pieces (past participle of ī ), equivalent to ī- di- 2 + ٳܲ torn; lacerate
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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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