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excarnifico

excarnifico, to tear to pieces, butcher

ex-carnĭfĭco, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a., to cut or tear any one to pieces (a rare word).
  • I Lit.: aliquem, Cic. N. D. 3, 33 fin.; Suet. Vit. 17; Sen. Ep. 24.—
  • II Trop., to torment, torture: aliquem, Ter. Heaut. 813: excarnificatus animus, Sen. de Ira, 3, 4: comitem, Amm.14, 5, 1; 14, 9, 6.

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