goring vs lacerate

goring

adj
  • Cut gradually sloping, so as to be broader at the clew than at the earing of a sail. 

noun
  • The act by which something is gored; a wound inflicted by a horn, usually the horn of a bull in the context of bullfighting 

  • A piece of cloth cut diagonally to increase its apparent width. 

lacerate

adj
  • Jagged, as if torn or lacerated. 

verb
  • To defeat thoroughly; to thrash. 

  • To tear, rip or wound. 

How often have the words goring and lacerate occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )