lancinate

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lancinate

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First attested in 1603; borrowed from Latin lancinātus, perfect passive participle of lancinō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French lanciner.

verb lancinates · lancinating · lancinated

transitive To pierce or stab (as with a lance); to lance. Through a minuscule pinhole in that lead block, he could now direct tiny, controlled doses of a furiously potent beam of X-rays [...] to lancinate any cancer cell to death.
Similar: run through, spear, chef, chib, ching, chive, enthrill, foin, gore, gride, jab, job

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@misc{lancinate_2026,
  title = {lancinate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lancinate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}