Meaning of LANCINATE
Pronunciation: | | 'lansu`neyt
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| Definition: | | [adj] as physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain" |
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| Synonyms: | | cutting, keen, knifelike, lancinating, piercing, sharp, stabbing |
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| Related Terms: | | agonize, bloody, claw, convulse, crucify, excruciate, harrow, impale, kill by inches, lacerate, macerate, martyr, martyrize, punish, rack, rip, savage, scarify, torment, torture, wring |
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