Thesaurus results for STABBED

stabbed

verb

past tense of stab

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 Two years later, Brown and her friend Ronald Goldman were found stabbed to death outside her Los Angeles home. — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026 Up to this point, Ghostface victims have been stabbed with Buck 120 hunting knives, crushed by garage doors, shot, electrocuted, and thrown off rooftops in ferocious, balls-to-the-wall Scream fashion. — Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2026 The Sheriff’s Office has blamed the crowding in part on Iryna’s Law, legislation named for the Ukrainian refugee fatally stabbed on Charlotte’s Blue Line light rail in 2025. — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 5 Sep. 2026 They were found fatally stabbed and submerged in a bathtub full of water at a family shelter in the Bronx in November 2022, according to the outlets. — Melina Khan, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026 The victim fell out of her vehicle after being stabbed and Moser put her in the back hatch before getting into the driver’s seat. — ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026 In July, two men — an Asian man and Jewish man wearing a kippah who had just left a synagogue — were stabbed on the Upper West Side in separate incidents. — Mark Morales, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026 Police said Sanchez was stabbed multiple times in his upper-right torso, while Tole had a large laceration on his left cheek that also required hospitalization. — Matt Schubert, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026 Two people were stabbed, one fatally, near Times Square on Monday afternoon, with responding authorities shooting and killing the female suspect, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said. — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 1 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stabbed

Verb

Workers have been increasingly jabbed while on the job as needle-style medications — more specifically GLP-1s — have risen in popularity.

— Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu jabbed back against the prevailing narrative yesterday, saying she was never invited to participate in the WNBA’s 3-point contest this weekend.

— Chris Branch, New York Times, 24 July 2026

Definition of jabbed

Verb

The needle accidentally punctured Taylor’s lung, causing chest pain and difficulty breathing.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
The crash broke more than a dozen ribs, punctured her lungs and left her with spinal cord injuries that left her in a wheelchair.

— Joshua Goodman, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of punctured

Verb

On the second episode Caitlin’s dad gets his ears pierced for the first time.

— Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026
Roma arrived at the World Trade Center while both towers stood defiantly tall, each pierced by Boeing 767s, bleeding with jet fuel and spewing smoke that promised to eventually bring them down.

— Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of pierced

Verb

With Balde out of favour and summer re-signing Joao Cancelo not yet fully up to speed, Flick has picked Espart at left-back for each of Barca’s opening five matches in La Liga.

— Laia Cervelló Herrero, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Otosaka said the study stopped with 2023 data, but she's looked at measurements since and found the accelerating trend has picked back up.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of picked

Verb

Stolen bases often come less from beating a catcher’s throw and more from taking advantage of a pitcher who is either slow to the plate or stuck in a predictable delivery.

— Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
That might have sounded like blasphemy just half a decade ago, but college football is always evolving, and Swinney is a man stuck in time.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of stuck

Verb

Pelicans swooped overhead and night herons, with spiky yellow feathers flying from their heads, goofily pecked the grass for insects.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 June 2026
As Cadeau pecked his way through the blue-and-maize confetti littering the court, Justin did a quick change.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026