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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
Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 22 Dec. 2024
Knives were banned at this Christmas market after an armed man went on a stabbing spree at a market in August.
—Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Dec. 2024
Albanian authorities held 1,300 meetings with teachers and parents following the stabbing death of a teenager in mid-November by another teen after a quarrel that started on TikTok.
—Llazar Semini, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
That’s when Webb grabbed a hammer and hit Wilson in the head, the source said, but that wasn’t enough to stop him from stabbing her multiple times in the chest and back, mortally wounding her.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 21 Dec. 2024
She was found guilty of fatally stabbing her boyfriend, Reginald Daye, in 2011 and was sentenced to 14 years in prison.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Morton said Alston came after her after allegedly stabbing her husband.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
The interview took place at the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women, where Mangum is serving time for a 2013 second-degree murder conviction for stabbing her boyfriend.
—Karina Tsui, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
He is accused of fatally stabbing University of Idaho students Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin in an off-campus residence in Moscow in 2022.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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The killer wanted for stabbing a father of three to death at a Brooklyn bodega bought a cup of coffee inside before throwing it in the victim’s face in the fight leading up to the slay, shocking video shows.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 22 Dec. 2024
Knives were banned at this Christmas market after an armed man went on a stabbing spree at a market in August.
—Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Dec. 2024
Albanian authorities held 1,300 meetings with teachers and parents following the stabbing death of a teenager in mid-November by another teen after a quarrel that started on TikTok.
—Llazar Semini, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
That’s when Webb grabbed a hammer and hit Wilson in the head, the source said, but that wasn’t enough to stop him from stabbing her multiple times in the chest and back, mortally wounding her.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 21 Dec. 2024
She was found guilty of fatally stabbing her boyfriend, Reginald Daye, in 2011 and was sentenced to 14 years in prison.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Morton said Alston came after her after allegedly stabbing her husband.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
The interview took place at the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women, where Mangum is serving time for a 2013 second-degree murder conviction for stabbing her boyfriend.
—Karina Tsui, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
He is accused of fatally stabbing University of Idaho students Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin in an off-campus residence in Moscow in 2022.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stabbing
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Companies perfected the art of evasion, leaving us jabbing the zero key like a deranged woodpecker just to talk to someone with a pulse.Craig S. Smith, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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Unfortunately, too many creditors will simply start jabbing at hard assets and one-time bank account levies without seeing the enormous pot of gold in front of them in the debtor's revenue streams.Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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The higher strings aren’t quite as piercing but still shine through.PCMAG, PCMAG, 6 Dec. 2024
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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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In August 2018, the Washington Post reported that about a third of crab-picking jobs were vacant across the Eastern Shore.Mennatalla Ibrahim, Baltimore Sun, 24 Dec. 2024
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The stylist from Anthropologie is picking.Jordan Greene, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Winding roads diving deep between steep hillsides littered with jagged deadfall and boulder-size talus, towns few and far between.New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Dec. 2024
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But when a kayaking trip goes horribly wrong, Mum is suddenly gone forever and Hazel is left with crippling anxiety and a jagged scar on her face.Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Stabbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stabbing. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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