lancinate

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Scrabble points
11
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15
Letters
9

Definition of lancinate

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (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.”

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Etymology

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

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