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lance
noun
a knight with a lance:
spear, pike, javelin, bayonet, shaft;
harpoon.
verb
the boil may be lanced to drain the pus:
cut, cut open, slit, incise, puncture, prick, nick, notch, pierce, stab, skewer, spike.
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