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(verb) open by piercing with a lancet, as of a boil |
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Related Words: open, open up |
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(verb) pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight |
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Related Words: pierce, thrust |
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(verb) move quickly, as if by cutting one's way: "Planes lanced towards the shore" |
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Related Words: go, locomote, move, travel |
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(noun) a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions |
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Synonyms: lancet |
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Related Words: surgical knife |
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(noun) a long pointed rod used as a weapon |
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Synonyms: shaft, spear |
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Related Words: arm, assagai, assegai, javelin, trident, weapon, weapon system |
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(noun) an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish |
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Synonyms: fishgig, fizgig, gig, spear |
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Related Words: harpoon, implement |
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