Lewis Short
(verb) : ex-carnĭfĭco, no
* Perf., ātum, 1, , to cut or tear any one to pieces (a rare word).
* Lit.: aliquem,Cic. N. D. 3, 33 fin.; Suet. Vit. 17; Sen. Ep. 24.
* Trop., to torment, torture: aliquem,Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 9: excarnificatus animus, Sen. de Ira, 3, 4: comitem,Amm. 14, 5, 1; 14, 9, 6.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary