Lacerate \Lac"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lacerated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lacerating}.] [L. laceratus, p. p. of lacerare to lacerate, fr. lacer mangled, lacerated; cf. Gr. ? a rent, rending, ? to tear; perh. akin to E. slay.] To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; as, to lacerate the flesh. Hence: To afflict; to torture; as, to lacerate the heart.
Lacerate \Lac"er*ate\, Lacerated \Lac"er*a`ted\, p. a. [L. laceratus, p. p.] 1. Rent; torn; mangled; as, a lacerated wound.
By each other's fury lacerate --Southey.
2. (Bot. & Zo["o]l.) Jagged, or slashed irregularly, at the end, or along the edge.