stabbing

Plural: stabbings

Verb

• use a knife on
• stab or pierce
• poke or thrust abruptly
• present participle and gerund of stab

Adjective Satellite

• causing physical or especially psychological injury
  • "a stabbing remark"
• painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
  • "a stabbing pain"

Adj

• Sharp, intense.

Noun

• An incident in which a person is stabbed.

Examples

• A stabbing took place in the alley last night.
• The hospital receives many victims of stabbings.
• Too much running gives me a stabbing pain in the chest.

Synonyms

cutting, dig, jab, keen, knife, knifelike, lancinate, lancinating, piercing, poke, prod, stab, wounding

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