Lacerate
Lacerate , transitive verb
[Latin laceratus, past participle of lacerare to lacerate, from lacer mangled, lacerated; compare Greek {not transcribed} a rent, rending, {not transcribed} to tear; perh. akin to English slay.]
To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; as, to lacerate the flesh.
To afflict; to torture; as, to lacerate the heart.
Lacerate , past participle (adjectival)
[Latin laceratus, p. p.]
1.
Rent; torn; mangled; as, a lacerated wound.
By each other's fury lacerate
2.
(Botany & Zoology) Jagged, or slashed irregularly, at the end, or along the edge.
Also: Lacerated