lancinating

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lancinating - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lancinate \Lan"ci*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lancinated; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Lancinating.] [L. lancinatus, p. p. of
     lancinare to fear.]
     To tear; to lacerate; to pierce or stab. --De Quincey.
     [1913 Webster]

  Lancinating \Lan"ci*na`ting\, a.
     Piercing; seeming to pierce or stab; as, lancinating pains
     (i.e., severe, darting pains).
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lancinating - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  lancinating
      adj 1: 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" [syn: cutting,
             keen, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate,
             lancinating]