D / dē-lăcĕro
verb transitive

dē-lăcĕro

2nd PP dē-lăcĕrāre · 3rd PP dē-lăcĕrāvi · conj. 1st
to tear in pieces; to frustrate, destroy
to tear in pieces), trop., to frustrate, destroy: me meamque rem, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 14 Brix. (Fleck., dilaceravisti, v. dilacero).