1. to pierce or wound with a sharp instrument; to stab
Usage: formal or literary; transitive verb
2. to cause sharp, shooting pain; to affect with a lancinating sensation
Usage: medical or formal; transitive verb

Examples

• The surgeon's blade seemed to lancinate the patient's skin with precision.
• A sharp pain began to lancinate through his shoulder after the injury.
• The cold wind appeared to lancinate exposed flesh.
• Lancinating pains shot down her leg throughout the night.
• The needle would lancinate the membrane during the procedure.