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lancinating

[ lăn′sə-nā′tĭng ]
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adj.

Characterized by a sensation of cutting, piercing, or stabbing.

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Words nearby lancinating

lancet window, lancewood, Lanchow, lanciform, lancinate, lancinating, Lancs, land, land agent, landammann, land art
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Words related to lancinating

aciculate, acuminate, acute, barbed, cuspate, cuspidate, fine, gnawing, jagged, keen, knifelike, peaked, piercing, pointed, pointy, prickly, salient, serrated, shooting, spiked

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