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Meaning of lancinate | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To pierce or stab (as with a lance); to lance.

transitive

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

lancinated lancinates lancinating lancing land land down

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