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to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object
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Recent Examples of stabbing
Lauren Del Valle, CNN Money, 23 Jan. 2026
After stabbing her, Redd is accused of taking her car and driving off.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2026
The murder trial for a homeless man accused of stabbing a 14-year-old boy to death in Palm Beach County neared its end Thursday after a judge ordered him to submit to another mental health competency evaluation.
—Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
Jahara Malik, 18, faces a manslaughter charge for allegedly stabbing 17-year-old Yahkeim Lollar, a Miami Northwestern High School student and football player, in December 2024.
—Larry Seward, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
Only a Hadid could look this good while stabbing someone in the hand.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2026
Also last November, another jury said Rafael Andres should be sent back to Florida’s Death Row for beating, stabbing and strangling a La Carreta waitress with a rice-cooker cord in 2005.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2026
Reiner is charged with murder in the stabbing deaths of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner.
—Sarah Jones, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
Maria remembers Jaime stabbing Carillo in the abdomen with a kitchen knife.
—Kevin Maurer, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2026
Verb
These findings could be consistent with testimony from Peres Magalhães that Banfield manipulated the crime scene after stabbing his wife.
—Lauren Del Valle, CNN Money, 23 Jan. 2026
After stabbing her, Redd is accused of taking her car and driving off.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2026
The murder trial for a homeless man accused of stabbing a 14-year-old boy to death in Palm Beach County neared its end Thursday after a judge ordered him to submit to another mental health competency evaluation.
—Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
Jahara Malik, 18, faces a manslaughter charge for allegedly stabbing 17-year-old Yahkeim Lollar, a Miami Northwestern High School student and football player, in December 2024.
—Larry Seward, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
Only a Hadid could look this good while stabbing someone in the hand.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2026
Also last November, another jury said Rafael Andres should be sent back to Florida’s Death Row for beating, stabbing and strangling a La Carreta waitress with a rice-cooker cord in 2005.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2026
Reiner is charged with murder in the stabbing deaths of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner.
—Sarah Jones, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
Maria remembers Jaime stabbing Carillo in the abdomen with a kitchen knife.
—Kevin Maurer, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stabbing
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Though none of the celebrity moms in question have publicly spoken about the drama, earlier this week, Koma, whom has also produced several of Duff's songs in the past, shared a meme to his Instagram Story jabbing Tisdale French's piece in The Cut.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Jan. 2026
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Yet the reception was precisely as if Happy Mondays had made a surprise appearance—people jabbing the air, hips swinging with merry abandon, wearing the sort of grins usually observed under bucket hats.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
28 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Tyler, the Creator’s Don’t Tap the Glass, ironically, is the least piercing and the most hedonistic, by design.—
Rolling Stone,
Rolling Stone,
29 Dec. 2025
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Streisand covered the emotionally piercing song the following year, and clever DJs around the country began splicing the two solo versions together.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
24 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Testing is also challenging, as finding a leak requires puncturing the spinal canal, which can create new leaks.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
17 Jan. 2026
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The past two months of mostly sideways churn within 3% of record highs for the S & P 500 has helped to rebalance the market, puncturing the aggressive sense of destiny around many AI plays, subduing some speculative misbehavior and allowing valuations to settle.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
20 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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In the film, director Marina Zenovich reminds Chase of the joke that offended Sweeney, best remembered for his lacerating impression of then-first lady Nancy Reagan.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Dec. 2025
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Yet this stark, lacerating comedy-drama, set in a seaside Long Island that recalls Woody Allen’s Interiors, is admirable in its uncompromising look at the havoc a long-term sibling rivalry can create for everyone within the blast radius.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
5 Dec. 2025
Verb
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From the costume-picking process to the crazy disguises stars must wear off camera, keep scrolling for the wildest rules contestants on The Masked Singer must follow.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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Other photos show them on the sand with their arms around each other and sharing a kiss, with Tatum picking her up and holding her over his head at one point.—
Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
7 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Similarly, George Crumb’s 1970 Black Angels, composed in response to the Vietnam War, includes jagged marks that approximate the sound of helicopters.—
Olivia Giovetti,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Giles Deacon blue and green jagged stripe) as a base option.—
Stephanie Sporn,
Vogue,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Spray the rack with cooking spray to keep food from sticking.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
26 Jan. 2026
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The network quickly moved to censor a transgressive sitcom parody where soon-to-be-Ramones-manager Danny Fields tries to cure a TV repairman’s hemorrhoids by sticking a lightbulb up his ass.—
Vikram Murthi,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Stabbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stabbing. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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