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Definition of stab
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Examples of stab in a Sentence
the injection left a small stab on her upper arm
everybody will get a stab at solving the problem
Recent Examples of stab from the Web
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She was found by Mobile Police Department officers suffering from multiple stab wounds at the Chaumont Apartments located at 805 Navco Road.
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Jeely, a YouTuber who tackled this challenge previously through those peel-off masks and foundation, just took another stab at the 100 layers challenge through... bubble masks!
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WOMEN ▪ Petra Kvitova: Two-time Wimbledon champ is a sentimental favorite after suffering stab wounds to her hand in a home invasion.
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Lopez had suffered more than 20 stab wounds, the Cook County medical examiner's office determined.
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In December, Kvitova suffered stab wounds when she was attacked during a break-in at her home.
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Elliott Barzilli’s stab of a hard ground ball behind the mound started a double play for Cal Coughlin in the fifth, keeping the game 3-0.
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After leaving Merendino at a hotel in Rosarito, the day after escrow closed on the condo, Meza lured him to a spot on a highway around 2 a.m. Merendino’s body was found about an hour later, his throat slashed and 24 stab wounds to his torso.
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At around 5:45 a.m., Miami police arrived at a home in the 600 block of Southwest First Street to find a man with a stab wound to the back and a hand laceration.
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Origin and Etymology of stab
Middle English stabbe
Examples of stab in a Sentence
He stabbed her with a dagger.
The victim was stabbed in the chest five times.
Recent Examples of stab from the Web
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And in the end, Daenerys will reclaim the Iron Throne for House Targaryen—perhaps with Jon Snow at her side—restarting a dynasty that originally ended when Jaime Lannister stabbed the Mad King and Robert Baratheon crushed Prince Rhaegar.
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Police received reports of the stabbing at 4:15 p.m. Wednesday.
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A 29-year-old man is accused of stabbing a Naperville man 10 times with a knife and puncturing one of his lungs in what a Lisle police official are calling a case of road rage.
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This comes less than a month after white supremacist Jeremy Joseph Christian stabbed three men who were defending two girls against anti-Muslim hate speech on a Portland train.
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The tragedy in Grenfell Tower falls on the same month of a terror attack near Borough Market where eight people were stabbed to death.
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Ignatius Carroll says paramedics took one stabbing victim to Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital from the 800 block of Northwest 70th St. around 4:10 a.m.
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She had been stabbed to death and sexually assaulted, and there was a shoelace tied around her neck.
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At least one of the suspects also fled the scene and began stabbing people at random at a nearby area filled with bars and restaurants.
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First Known Use of stab
1530
STAB Defined for English Language Learners
stab
playDefinition of stab for English Language Learners
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: a wound made by a pointed weapon (such as a knife)
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: a sudden, strong feeling of physical or emotional pain
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: an attempt to do something successfully
stab
Definition of stab for English Language Learners
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: to wound (someone or something) with a pointed weapon (such as a knife)
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: to quickly or suddenly push a pointed object into or toward someone or something
STAB Defined for Kids
Medical Dictionary
Medical Definition of stab
1: a wound produced by a pointed object or weapon
2a: a culture medium solidified in an upright column in a tube to reduce the surface to a minimum—compare slantb: stab culture
stab
Medical Definition of stab
stabbed
;stabbing
: to wound or pierce by the thrust of a pointed object or weapon
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