as in jabbed
to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object
stabbed the pesky leaf with the tines of the rake
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Recent Examples of stabbed
She had been beaten, raped and stabbed.
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Emily Blackwood, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
One individual then took out a knife and stabbed him in the chest and an 18-year-old in the arm.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Police are still searching for three suspects after a 17-year-old migrant was fatally stabbed in New York City last week.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
After his arrest in 1985, he was convicted of 13 murders, with his victims having been bludgeoned with hammers, stabbed or shot.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Police believe the two were arguing when Khristi was stabbed.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 7 Dec. 2024
The 17-year-old died from wounds to the chest and head; the 18-year-old was stabbed in the left arm and was in stable condition, a source said.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 6 Dec. 2024
In 2019, 42-year-old Tonya Harper was fatally stabbed in the neck at her home in an unincorporated area near Chandler and Sun Lakes.
—Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2024
One teenager was fatally stabbed and another wounded in a bloody confrontation near City Hall Park on Thursday, police said.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 6 Dec. 2024
Emily Blackwood, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
One individual then took out a knife and stabbed him in the chest and an 18-year-old in the arm.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Police are still searching for three suspects after a 17-year-old migrant was fatally stabbed in New York City last week.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
After his arrest in 1985, he was convicted of 13 murders, with his victims having been bludgeoned with hammers, stabbed or shot.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Police believe the two were arguing when Khristi was stabbed.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 7 Dec. 2024
The 17-year-old died from wounds to the chest and head; the 18-year-old was stabbed in the left arm and was in stable condition, a source said.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 6 Dec. 2024
In 2019, 42-year-old Tonya Harper was fatally stabbed in the neck at her home in an unincorporated area near Chandler and Sun Lakes.
—Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2024
One teenager was fatally stabbed and another wounded in a bloody confrontation near City Hall Park on Thursday, police said.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 6 Dec. 2024
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