lance
verb [T] /lɑːns/
/læns/ Definition
› 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.Cutting and stabbing
(Definition of lance verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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