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past tense of lance
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to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object
- doctors used to lance infected sores, so that they could drain clean
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“Lanced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lanced. Accessed 25 Jun. 2022.
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