What is the meaning of lancinating?

adjective

  • Painful as if caused by a sharp instrument.
    • usage: "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain"
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