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as in spear
a weapon with a long straight handle and sharp head or blade the lance struck squarely on the knight's shield, knocking him from his horse

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Noun
Caladiums are grown for their foliage, with leaves shaped like hearts, arrows, or lances in combinations of red, pink, rose, white, chartreuse, and green. Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 15 June 2023 Yellow lance mussels used to be more abundant in streams around the Chesapeake Bay, but as the water quality in the area has declined, so has this bivalve’s numbers. Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2021
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The typical first-line treatment is to lance the boil. Scott Sundick, Verywell Health, 25 June 2023 In this way, Washington could finally lance the boil of militant Islamism, which had afflicted America ever since the Iran hostage crisis in 1979. Max Boot, Foreign Affairs, 10 Mar. 2023 See all Example Sentences for lance 

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“Lance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lance. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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