'Lancinate' definitions:
Definition of 'lancinate'
adjective
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" [syn:
cutting,
keen,
knifelike,
piercing,
stabbing, lancinate,
lancinating]
Definition of 'Lancinate'
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Lancinate \Lan"ci*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lancinated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Lancinating.] [L. lancinatus, p. p. of
lancinare to fear.]
To tear; to lacerate; to pierce or stab. --De Quincey.
[1913 Webster]
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agonize,
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bloody,
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claw,
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convulse,
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crucify,
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excruciate,
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harrow,
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impale,
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kill by inches,
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lacerate,
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macerate,
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martyr,
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martyrize,
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punish,
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rack,
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rip,
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savage,
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scarify,
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torment,
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torture,
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wring
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