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as in jabbing
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 stabbing
Jack Smart, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Austin also expressed condolences to Gallant over a shooting and stabbing attack in Tel Aviv yesterday in which six people were killed, which Israeli police have called a terrorist attack.
—Andrea Mitchell, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
Sauron mostly maintains the upper hand, eventually stabbing Galadriel with his spiky crown and taking the Nine Rings from her.
—Hayden Mears, TVLine, 3 Oct. 2024
Hamas has taken responsibility for the fatal shooting and stabbing attack in Tel Aviv that unfolded on Tuesday just as Iran was launching a ballistic missile barrage on Israel.
—Mark Osborne, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2024
Verb
Whereas the first movie featured in particular explicit gun violence, Folie à Deux includes mostly harm via stabbing or blunt force trauma.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
Austin also expressed condolences to Gallant over a shooting and stabbing attack in Tel Aviv yesterday in which six people were killed, which Israeli police have called a terrorist attack.
—Andrea Mitchell, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
Sauron mostly maintains the upper hand, eventually stabbing Galadriel with his spiky crown and taking the Nine Rings from her.
—Hayden Mears, TVLine, 3 Oct. 2024
Hamas has taken responsibility for the fatal shooting and stabbing attack in Tel Aviv that unfolded on Tuesday just as Iran was launching a ballistic missile barrage on Israel.
—Mark Osborne, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stabbing
Adjective
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Some of the most piercing instances in Emilia’s journey rely on Audiard’s penchant for indelible imagery.Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
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On a separate platform to the right of the action, three male chanters sit in a neat row, next to men playing the shamisen, a stringed instrument with a raw and piercing tone which is often used in vocal accompaniment.Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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These racists were then able to spin a narrative about how Black players were picking on Clark, relying on all the racist stereotypes of Black people as dangerous, violent, and treacherous.Susan M. Shaw, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Governments often do a poor job of picking winners.Ryan Craig, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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The jagged shadows of buttes and spires disappeared and reappeared, a merry-go-round of angles cast on to the cascading rocks cradling the Colorado River.Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2024
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To the north, not visible from the beach, was a distant shore, where rows of mountains resembling jagged waves disappeared into the mist.Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Stabbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stabbing. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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