LAC'ERATE, verb transitive [Latin lacero, to tear.] To tear; to rend; to separate a substance by violence or tearing; as, to lacerate the flesh. It is applied chiefly to the flesh, or figuratively to the heart. But sometimes it is applied to the political or civil divisions in a state.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.