as in jabbing
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
Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2025
As of Monday, suspects have been arrested in the Friday shooting deaths of 18-year-old Jenny Rosales and 28-year-old Chandrashekar Pole, and a suspect has been questioned about the stabbing death of 15-year-old Jacob De La Rosa.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Oct. 2025
Last week, at least two Jewish worshippers were killed and three others seriously injured in a car ramming and stabbing attack outside a synagogue in Manchester, England, on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in Judaism.
—Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
The man ended up stabbing Sanchez after being drunkenly attacked by him, according to court documents.
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 5 Oct. 2025
Across the world, there has been an alarming rise in antisemitic attacks, including a deadly car ramming and stabbing outside a synagogue in Manchester just this past Thursday.
—Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
The stabbing victim, believed to be Sanchez, was hospitalized and is in stable condition.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Another told a story of a man who attacked transgender women and said one woman had to escape by stabbing him.
—Alyssa N. Salcedo, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
On Monday, a Minnesota jury found Margot Lewis, 33, guilty of two counts of second-degree murder in connection with the 2024 fatal stabbing death of Liara Tsai, 35, a popular DJ in Minneapolis, MPR News reports.
—Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
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The brutal stabbing death of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on the Charlotte light rail directed attention to his crime policies, as many Republicans squarely blamed Cooper.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 6 Oct. 2025
As of Monday, suspects have been arrested in the Friday shooting deaths of 18-year-old Jenny Rosales and 28-year-old Chandrashekar Pole, and a suspect has been questioned about the stabbing death of 15-year-old Jacob De La Rosa.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Oct. 2025
Last week, at least two Jewish worshippers were killed and three others seriously injured in a car ramming and stabbing attack outside a synagogue in Manchester, England, on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in Judaism.
—Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2025
The man ended up stabbing Sanchez after being drunkenly attacked by him, according to court documents.
—Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 5 Oct. 2025
Across the world, there has been an alarming rise in antisemitic attacks, including a deadly car ramming and stabbing outside a synagogue in Manchester just this past Thursday.
—Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
The stabbing victim, believed to be Sanchez, was hospitalized and is in stable condition.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Another told a story of a man who attacked transgender women and said one woman had to escape by stabbing him.
—Alyssa N. Salcedo, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
On Monday, a Minnesota jury found Margot Lewis, 33, guilty of two counts of second-degree murder in connection with the 2024 fatal stabbing death of Liara Tsai, 35, a popular DJ in Minneapolis, MPR News reports.
—Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stabbing
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Fans have speculated that Ice and Cardi have been jabbing at one another.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
24 Sep. 2025
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Even Kendall Vertes, who also starred on Dance Moms, posted a TikTok video playfully jabbing at the fact that Siwa was in anything but her casual outfits.—
Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
18 Sep. 2025
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According to a criminal complaint obtained by KGAN, the woman had been kicked by Miller, breaking two of her ribs and puncturing a lung.—
Mike Stunson,
Kansas City Star,
29 Sep. 2025
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Wi-Fi 7's puncturing capability is designed to isolate the interference, enabling devices to use the remainder of the channel.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PC Magazine,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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My piercing call seemed absorbed by the heavy moisture, trapping even the echo I’d been accustomed to hearing.—
Jim Tschetter,
Outdoor Life,
27 Aug. 2025
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This is a piercing and perceptive psychological thriller.—
Connie Ogle,
Boston Herald,
10 July 2025
Verb
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On its own, the 5070 Ti sells for $800, so picking it up inside a capable gaming laptop with a good-looking screen and style for miles for just a little bit more than that is a massive bargain.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
7 Oct. 2025
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Here is who 60 national experts are picking to win the game.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Her diaries, two volumes of which have been published, reveal a wonderful writer, lyrical and self-lacerating.—
Anahid Nersessian,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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His desperate, lacerating Teddy is a character who has ruined his own life, who has martyred himself out of his devotion to The Truth.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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But sticking it out ended up being beneficial, because those classmates who laughed at his antics became his first audience.—
Essence,
Essence,
2 Oct. 2025
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China has landed on the Red Planet once, sticking the landing on its first attempt in 2021, setting the Zhurong rover down successfully in southern Utopia Planitia as part of the Tianwen 1 mission.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Along the way, Juano offered bits of mountaineering history and recounted legendary first ascents of the jagged peaks surrounding us.—
Scott Yorko,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Oct. 2025
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Karst formations, a porous rock, stick out as jagged protrusions in between lush forest and provide plenty of places for small creatures to hide.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Stabbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stabbing. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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