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lancinating

Pronunciation:  'lânsi`neyteeng

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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, lancinate, piercing, sharp, stabbing
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Lan"ci*na`ting\, a.
Piercing; seeming to pierce or stab; as, lancinating pains
(i.e., severe, darting pains).

 

 

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