lancinating (adjective)

1. During the American Civil War, soldiers often experienced lancinating pain after being wounded by bayonets.

2. In the cartoon, the character yanked out a tooth and felt a lancinating pain.

3. In Greek mythology, the god Prometheus had his liver pecked daily by an eagle, causing lancinating agony.

4. In the fantastical world of wizards and magic, a spell gone wrong resulted in a lancinating pain shooting through the protagonist's body.