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
Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
No information on the stabbing party has been released.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
The man accused of fatally stabbing a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee on a commuter train in Charlotte, North Carolina, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on a charge that could result in the death penalty, court records show.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Security video from across the street shows a man running up to Flanagan, then stabbing him repeatedly.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Cops have arrested a 28-year-old Bronx man following a brutal explosion of violence, accusing him of attacking his wife and then viciously stabbing his 12-year-old stepdaughter before hammering a screw through her skull, police and sources said Friday.
—Thomas Tracy, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
Detectives searching for surveillance video of the stabbing the following afternoon found Reese, who was allegedly armed with a knife, standing over a witness.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
Crime in the city has become the top issue in the mayor's race after some high-profile incidents this summer, including the stabbing death in June of an Over-the-Rhine gym owner in his own home.
—Quinlan Bentley, Cincinnati Enquirer, 20 Oct. 2025
Michael Anthony Arredondo, 34, is charged in suspicion of first-degree murder in the June 2017 stabbing death of 25-year-old Evin Paulos, according to jail records.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
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Usiripalli is accused of stabbing two 17-year-old boys, one in the shoulder area and one in the back of the head, with the same metal fork while on a Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt on Saturday, according to the news release.
—Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
No information on the stabbing party has been released.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
The man accused of fatally stabbing a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee on a commuter train in Charlotte, North Carolina, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on a charge that could result in the death penalty, court records show.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Security video from across the street shows a man running up to Flanagan, then stabbing him repeatedly.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Cops have arrested a 28-year-old Bronx man following a brutal explosion of violence, accusing him of attacking his wife and then viciously stabbing his 12-year-old stepdaughter before hammering a screw through her skull, police and sources said Friday.
—Thomas Tracy, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
Detectives searching for surveillance video of the stabbing the following afternoon found Reese, who was allegedly armed with a knife, standing over a witness.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2025
Crime in the city has become the top issue in the mayor's race after some high-profile incidents this summer, including the stabbing death in June of an Over-the-Rhine gym owner in his own home.
—Quinlan Bentley, Cincinnati Enquirer, 20 Oct. 2025
Michael Anthony Arredondo, 34, is charged in suspicion of first-degree murder in the June 2017 stabbing death of 25-year-old Evin Paulos, according to jail records.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stabbing
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To their right, a woman raised her hand, jabbing her index finger forward and shouting.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Oct. 2025
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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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In a separate case in February, five Israeli reservists were charged over the beating and stabbing of a detainee, accused in an indictment of breaking the man’s ribs, puncturing his lung and tearing his rectum.—
Daniele Hamamdjian,
NBC news,
18 Oct. 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.—
Eric Zeman,
PC Magazine,
8 Oct. 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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Reid had come to Music City like so many guitar-picking hopefuls.—
Keith Sharon,
Nashville Tennessean,
21 Oct. 2025
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Here is who 55 national experts are picking to win the game.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
19 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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And the cozy Walker's Point restaurant — plus cooking school, plus event space — has been going strong since, sticking strong to its mission to support local farmers in every season.—
Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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And yet, hiring a college coach to manage means sticking your neck out in a way that no top baseball executive ever has.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The morning light casts jagged shadows across the pink stone, catching the saguaro spines and illuminating them like desert saints.—
Rowan Jacobsen,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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According to one tale, the devil escaped from hell and formed the jagged peaks in one day’s work.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Stabbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stabbing. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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