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to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object
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Recent Examples of stabbing
Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
Preliminary information indicated the stabbing victim may have been mistaken for another person, police said.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026
Brown faces a rare terrorism charge in federal court after a video last year captured him stabbing Zarutska, a refugee from Ukraine.
—Ryan Oehrli
may 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 May 2026
After also stabbing Bahm more than 40 times, Fahim waited at the apartment for police.
—Sean Emery, Oc Register, 7 May 2026
Doorbell cameras caught the man pacing around and stabbing the knife in front of him.
—Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 6 May 2026
In December, a suspect allegedly made antisemitic comments outside a New York City Jewish center before stabbing a Jewish man.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 6 May 2026
Officers also responded to a second location in the same area where two stabbing victims were found.
—Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 6 May 2026
The name and a photo of a suspect wanted for slashing his ex-girlfriend and stabbing to death a man visiting her Queens apartment were released by the NYPD Monday.
—Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 4 May 2026
Verb
The man was later convicted of stabbing his girlfriend and is serving 15 years in prison for the attack.
—Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
Preliminary information indicated the stabbing victim may have been mistaken for another person, police said.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026
Brown faces a rare terrorism charge in federal court after a video last year captured him stabbing Zarutska, a refugee from Ukraine.
—Ryan Oehrli
may 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 May 2026
After also stabbing Bahm more than 40 times, Fahim waited at the apartment for police.
—Sean Emery, Oc Register, 7 May 2026
Doorbell cameras caught the man pacing around and stabbing the knife in front of him.
—Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 6 May 2026
In December, a suspect allegedly made antisemitic comments outside a New York City Jewish center before stabbing a Jewish man.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 6 May 2026
Officers also responded to a second location in the same area where two stabbing victims were found.
—Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 6 May 2026
The name and a photo of a suspect wanted for slashing his ex-girlfriend and stabbing to death a man visiting her Queens apartment were released by the NYPD Monday.
—Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 4 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stabbing
Verb
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The president has kept up his criticism of Leo, jabbing the pope in a May 4 interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on the eve of Rubio’s visit.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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In the 10 months since, Colbert has not held back, regularly jabbing his network, its new owners’ cozy relationship with the president and reports that his show was hemorrhaging $40 million a year.—
Lacey Rose,
HollywoodReporter,
6 May 2026
Adjective
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The ping of pickleball play produces a uniquely piercing and repetitive sound that has led to contentious lawsuits and controversies across the entire country, including just north in Fox Point, as the sport has rapidly grown in popularity over the last few years.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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Mars merging with Pluto can hit you with a piercing moment of honesty.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Shloime Rand, 34, was stabbed in the chest outside a synagogue, puncturing his lung, and Norman Shine, 76, who was wearing a traditional Jewish skullcap, was stabbed in the neck at a bus stop.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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In Famesick, Dunham says Driver would habitually yell on set, once even throwing a chair against the wall next to her and puncturing the wall of his trailer with a fist.—
Anna Zucca,
Vanity Fair,
15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Mulligan delivers lacerating fragility, while Isaac turns Josh’s accommodating nature into a pathology, but both characters are littered with backstory details that Beef leaves hanging.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Apr. 2026
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The same could be said for Howe’s lacerating self-flagellation afterwards.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2026
Verb
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There is nothing quite like the joy of picking fresh fruit from your own fruit tree.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
10 May 2026
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Brooklyn is left picking through the best of the rest in a draft where the drop-off after the top four still feels like a cliff.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
10 May 2026
Adjective
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But the storms that lash the unpeopled coasts and jagged mountains of our Fiftieth State are no respecters of men, even the best of us.—
Ben East,
Outdoor Life,
14 May 2026
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From the beginning, the Palisades, with its Mediterranean climate and jagged coastline, lured the most adventurous of settlers, each generation reshaping it in its own image.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
Verb
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So the Patriots as an organization have to realize this scarlet letter is sticking right now.—
Armando Salguero OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2026
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Their thinking was that numerous landing attempts would allow companies to wring out their technology and improve their chances of sticking the next landing.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
6 May 2026
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“Stabbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stabbing. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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