Antonyms for
lance
A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head
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No Antonyms Found for Lance

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All Definitions for Lance

Below are all the dictionary definitions of lance:

1A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head
2A spear carried by horsemen.
3A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour.
4A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
5A soldier armed with a lance
6A lancer.
7An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.
8A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
9One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.
10A lancet.
11Prick or cut open with a sharp instrument.
12Pierce with or as if with a lance.
13Move suddenly and quickly
14To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
15To open with a lancet
16To pierce.
17To throw in the manner of a lance
18To lanch.
19To steal or swipe
20A male given name from the Germanic languages
21By folk etymology associated with a lance.
22A male given name transferred from the surname.
23A diminutive of the male given name Lancelot.
24A surname originating as a patronymic.

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About antonyms for lance

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