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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"
 
 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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