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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lacerate \Lac"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lacerated; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Lacerating.] [L. laceratus, p. p. of lacerare to
   lacerate, fr. lacer mangled, lacerated; cf. Gr. ? a rent,
   rending, ? to tear; perh. akin to E. slay.]
   To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; as, to
   lacerate the flesh. Hence: To afflict; to torture; as, to
   lacerate the heart.
   [1913 Webster] Lacerate