to excoriate, to scratch;
to tear, to rend, to lacerate, to flay, to wound;
to afflict, to vex, to harass, to oppress;
— զսիրտ, to rend, to harrow, to break the heart;
— զմիմեանս, to tear each other;
to revile or malign each other;
— զկէրս to rip up old sores, to open wounds afresh.