lancenoun [ C ]
uk/lɑːns/us/læns/a long, thin pole with a sharp point that soldiers used in the past as a weapon when riding horses
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Hand weapons
- battleaxe
- bayonet
- blackjack
- blowgun
- blowpipe
- bludgeon
- boomerang
- catapult
- dirk
- flick knife
- harpoon
- hilt
- jackknife
- rapier
- scabbard
- scimitar
- shanghai
- sheath
- sheath knife
- shield
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lanceverb [ T ]
uk/lɑːns/us/læns/to cut the skin with a sharp tool in order to release infected matter that has collected under it:
She had a boil lanced at the doctor's this morning.
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Cutting and stabbing
- abrasion
- bayonet
- carve
- carving
- chisel
- coppice
- cut sth down
- laceration
- mow
- nick
- notch
- prune
- saw sth down
- scratch
- slash
- slice
- spike
- trim
- whittle
- woodcarving
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