Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To tear; lacerate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To tear; to lacerate; to pierce or stab.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
pierce or stab (as with alance ), tolance .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
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Examples
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Through a minuscule pinhole in that lead block, he could now direct tiny, controlled doses of a furiously potent beam of X-rays—millions of electron volts of energy in concentrated bursts—to lancinate any cancer cell to death.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Through a minuscule pinhole in that lead block, he could now direct tiny, controlled doses of a furiously potent beam of X-rays—millions of electron volts of energy in concentrated bursts—to lancinate any cancer cell to death.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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Through a minuscule pinhole in that lead block, he could now direct tiny, controlled doses of a furiously potent beam of X-rays—millions of electron volts of energy in concentrated bursts—to lancinate any cancer cell to death.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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