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 During the dispute, the female allegedly stabbed the male multiple times. — Cbs News Miami Digital Team, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026 Witnesses have said that Anthony, a Black student from Centennial High School, stabbed Austin Metcalf, a white Memorial High student, after Metcalf tried to remove Anthony from the Memorial tent at the April 2025 track meet. — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Aug. 2026 An adult man was hospitalized early Sunday morning after being stabbed in downtown Sacramento, according to the Sacramento Police Department. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 23 Aug. 2026 Authorities said in a criminal complaint that Royce Moser stabbed Heintz with a kitchen knife inside her Jeep, then dragged her into the back hatch and drove the vehicle to his mother's house. — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2026 The gentlemen’s agreement supposedly would have kept the trial exclusively about the events under the tent where Metcalf was stabbed, Wirskye testified, per Fox 4. — Ben Brachfeld, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026 His parents were fatally stabbed in their home in Los Angeles’ Brentwood neighborhood in December. — Madeline Morrison, NBC news, 18 Aug. 2026 During the madness, Steven Bodner and another man, both 23, were stabbed on Nagle Ave. — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026 After being stabbed in the ass by Northmen Roddy the Ruin (Tommy Flanagan), Ulf’s (Tom Bennett) dragon suddenly roars in from above and takes them both out in a giant ball of fire. — Matt Minton, Variety, 10 Aug. 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 solar panel that powers the camera was punctured and shattered.

— Haley Parsley August 22, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2026
The barrel had been punctured several times and dumped far offshore, Spencer said, but whoever discarded the remains likely never imagined the reservoir’s shoreline would one day retract hundreds of feet.

— Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of punctured

Verb

Her brown leather jacket was pierced with 60 stab wounds, and her throat had been slashed nearly ear to ear.

— Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Investigators believe the bullet that pierced the restaurant window was fired from inside a passing vehicle on Vista Village Drive.

— Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of pierced

Verb

Investors are wondering if the rally could mark a turning point for bitcoin, whose price has been stuck in a prolonged slump since October, ahead of a seasonally bullish period for the coin.

— Tanaya Macheel, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026
For the past few years, Florida’s housing market has been stuck in a strange kind of standoff.

— Justin Onorato, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 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