LACERATEv.t.
[L. 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.
LACERATE
LACERATED, pp. or a.
1. Rent; torn.
2. In botany, having the edge variously cut into irregular segments; as a lacerated leaf.