διαξαίνω · diaxainō — LSJ
card, shred, to be dispersed, broken up
card, shred, Ar. Lys. 578; ἐσθῆτας Str. 11.14.8; ἔριον Paul.Aeg. l.c.; νεῦρον εἰς ἶνας Alex.Aphr. Pr. 2.52, cf. Gal. l.c.; ἔντερον Ruf. ap. Orib. 7.26.170; of flesh, Paul.Aeg. 6.77, 88:—Pass., of alum, Dsc. l.c., to be dispersed, broken up, Simp. l.c.
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metaph., κόμην, of the wind, Hld. 3.3; δ. θάλασσαν πτερύγεσσι Opp. H. 5.306; as a punishment, δ. τινά Ael. Fr. 131:—Pass., ὑπὸ Ῥωμαίων ἐκτριβέντες διεξάνθησαν ib. 130.