Lacerate /(?)/

Lac·er·ate

Lacerate

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Lacerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Lacerating

  1. To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; as, to lacerate the flesh.

Lacerate

p. a.
  1. Rent; torn; mangled; as, a lacerated wound.
    By each other's fury lacerate
  2. Jagged, or slashed irregularly, at the end, or along the edge. (Bot. & Zool.)