lacerate

Etymology

From Middle English laceraten, from Latin lacerātus, past participle of lacerō.

verb

1. (transitive) To tear, rip or wound.
   Machinery, surgical precision / Lacerate the limbs of the poorest of the children / Watch them scatter through the fields of departed 2019, “Human Target”, performed by Thy Art Is Murder
2. (transitive) To defeat thoroughly; to thrash.
   When the fixtures tumbled out of the computer for the start of a newly promoted season, Nigel Adkins must have wondered whether he had unknowingly broken any mirrors while walking under a ladder. Hot on the heels of a tough introduction to both Manchester clubs, a rampant Arsenal lacerated Southampton. September 15, 2012, Amy Lawrence, “Arsenal's Gervinho enjoys the joy of six against lowly Southampton”, in the Guardian

adj

1. (botany) Jagged, as if torn or lacerated.
   The bract at the base is dry and papery, often lacerate near its apex.