Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To tear; rend in pieces; mangle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb rare To rend in pieces; to tear.
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- verb To
rend in pieces; totear .
Etymologies
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Latin dilaniatus, past participle of dilaniare to dilacerate; di- = dis- + laniare to tear to pieces.
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