Lance
Lance verb - To penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object.
Usage example: doctors used to lance infected sores, so that they could drain clean
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Synonyms for Lance
Thrust and lance are semantically related in send forth topic. In some cases you can use "Thrust" instead a verb "Lance".
Thrust
Thrust verb - To apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one.
Lance and thrust are semantically related in send forth topic. Sometimes you can use "Lance" instead a verb "Thrust".
Nearby Word: thrusting
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How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Blade Catch: At one point, Brandoch Daha catches a lance being thrust at him, unhorses the rider wielding it, and beheads him.
Source: Literature / The Worm Ouroboros -
The Kimaris uses its speed to close distances while engaging in lance-thrust attacks.
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The second, and bigger one, was that Casey had been fighting for two thousand years, ever since that day on the hill of Golgotha when he thrust his lance into the side of the man on the cross.
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