Usually means: Tear apart; rend asunder violently.
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  2. dilaniate: Wiktionary
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  4. Dilaniate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  5. dilaniate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  6. Dilaniate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. dilaniate: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  8. dilaniate: FreeDictionary.org
  9. dilaniate: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  10. Dilaniate: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ verb:  To rend in pieces; to tear.

Similar:
dilacerate, laniate, tear to pieces, divellicate, tear, totear, tear up, discerp, divel, rip to shreds, more...

Opposite:
integrate, unite, combine, merge

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Similar:
dilacerate, laniate, tear to pieces, divellicate, tear, totear, tear up, discerp, divel, rip to shreds, more...

Opposite:
integrate, unite, combine, merge



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