verb
dē-lăcĕro
Meaning
- to tear in pieces
dē-lăcĕro, āvi, 1, v. a. (lit.,
I. to tear in pieces), trop., to frustrate, destroy:
me meamque rem, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 14 Brix. (Fleck., dilaceravisti, v. dilacero).