Definitions

lance

[lans, lahns] / læns, lɑns /

VERB

pierce

Synonyms

STRONG

bore cut gash gore incise penetrate prick puncture slash slice slit stab

WEAK

cut into stick into

Antonyms

STRONG

close mend sew

Example Sentences

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The scene that best defines the story’s idealism happens long before Dunk gets clunked in the head or skewered by a lance.

From Salon

Unlike his two friends, Mr. Spielberg didn’t want to tilt lances at the studios, make great art or change the world.

From The Wall Street Journal

Saint George is widely known as Christianity's most famous dragon slayer and is commonly depicted as a warrior holding a lance.

From Science Daily

But was Blair correct in saying he'd "lanced the boil of separatism"?

From BBC

Two opposing galaxies play the role of knights, with one galaxy pointing a lance made of pure radiation right at the other!

From Space Scoop