excarnificate

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excarnificate

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

verb excarnificates · excarnificating · excarnificated

obsolete, transitive To strip (something or someone) of flesh, perhaps as a form of torture. VVhat ſhall vve ſay to the multitudes of thoſe that are thus martyred, […] VVhat are to the racking and excarnificating their bodies, before this laſt puniſhment?
Similar: excarnate

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@misc{excarnificate_2026,
  title = {excarnificate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/excarnificate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}