Usually means: To tear or cut painfully.
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  1. lancinate: Merriam-Webster
  2. lancinate: Collins English Dictionary
  3. lancinate: Vocabulary.com
  4. lancinate: Wordnik
  5. lancinate: Wiktionary
  6. lancinate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. lancinate: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. lancinate: Dictionary.com
  9. lancinate: Rhymezone
  10. lancinate: FreeDictionary.org
  11. lancinate: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  12. lancinate: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. lancinate: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (lancinate)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To pierce or stab (as with a lance); to lance.

Similar:
impale, stake, transfix, enlace, gore, enpierce, pierce, lace, lead, lozenge, more...

Opposite:
soothe, alleviate, ease, relieve

Types:
pierce, stab, thrust, lacerate, gash, slash, more...

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Similar:
impale, stake, transfix, enlace, gore, enpierce, pierce, lace, lead, lozenge, more...

Opposite:
soothe, alleviate, ease, relieve

Types:
pierce, stab, thrust, lacerate, gash, slash, more...



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