lancinate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
    piercing; keen; cutting; stabbing; lancinating; knifelike.
    • a cutting wind
    • keen winds
    • knifelike cold
    • piercing knifelike pains
    • piercing cold
    • piercing criticism
    • a stabbing pain
    • lancinating pain

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