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dilaniare

dilaniare [CL] , to tear apart, mangle. b to wreck, ravage. toto corpore ‥ sagittis horridus et ‥ asperitate tormentorum ~iatus Abbo Edm. 11; congredientur dracones et alter alterum ~iabit (Proph. Merl.) G. Mon. VII 4; 1126 una ovis ‥ morsibus raptorum ~iata Ep. Anselm. Bur. 97; adhuc proponis Dominum ~iare deterius in membris suis Map NC V 6 f. 67; Neckam NR I 64 (v. deplumare a).  b sed mortis princeps jam tantum regnat in orbem; / totum delaniet mortificetque sibi Garl. Epith. I 650; pontis ‥, ampla ~iati ruptura, prepediebant suffragia Ps.-Elmh. Hen. V 59.

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