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Meaning of excarnificate | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

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

obsolete, transitive

Examples

“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?”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

excarnificated excarnificates excarnificating excavate excavated excavates