English Explanatory Dictionary

excarnificate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To strip (something or someone) of flesh, perhaps as a form of torture.

Word forms

excarnificate excarnificates excarnificating excarnificated

Etymology

From Latin ex (“out”) + carnificatus, past participle carnificare (“to carnify”). Compare Latin excarnificare (“to tear to pieces, torment”). See carnify.

Synonyms

excarnate
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