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
Amanda Castro
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Around four minutes later, the man pulls out a knife and begins stabbing Zarutska three times, including at least once in the neck.
—Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
But her athletic triumph was tragically dampened by years of abuse at the hands of her husband and coach Jim Martin, who in 2010 attempted to murder her, stabbing her many times, slicing the flesh off the bone from her leg, and shooting her.
—Esther Zuckerman, Time, 6 Sep. 2025
Social connections begin to dry up, party invitations get lost in the mail, and Bear soon finds himself with nobody to turn to when the new Nikki starts stabbing herself with broken glass, cooking his dead cat, and sealing his doors with duct tape to prevent him from leaving the house.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025
The stabbing victim suffered stab wounds to his hands, chest, lung and abdomen, and was treated and released, Morgan said.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
Forget the back-stabbing Roy family.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
The teenage boy accused of fatally stabbing a classmate in a Maryvale High School classroom last month will remain in a jail facility managed by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office for at least the rest of September.
—Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 4 Sep. 2025
San Diego police have arrested a 44-year-old man suspected of fatally stabbing another man in a Gaslamp Quarter hotel on Wednesday evening, authorities said.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
The video shows Brown seated behind the victim before pulling out a folding knife and stabbing her multiple times without provocation.
—Amanda Castro
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Around four minutes later, the man pulls out a knife and begins stabbing Zarutska three times, including at least once in the neck.
—Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
But her athletic triumph was tragically dampened by years of abuse at the hands of her husband and coach Jim Martin, who in 2010 attempted to murder her, stabbing her many times, slicing the flesh off the bone from her leg, and shooting her.
—Esther Zuckerman, Time, 6 Sep. 2025
Social connections begin to dry up, party invitations get lost in the mail, and Bear soon finds himself with nobody to turn to when the new Nikki starts stabbing herself with broken glass, cooking his dead cat, and sealing his doors with duct tape to prevent him from leaving the house.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025
The stabbing victim suffered stab wounds to his hands, chest, lung and abdomen, and was treated and released, Morgan said.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
Forget the back-stabbing Roy family.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
The teenage boy accused of fatally stabbing a classmate in a Maryvale High School classroom last month will remain in a jail facility managed by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office for at least the rest of September.
—Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 4 Sep. 2025
San Diego police have arrested a 44-year-old man suspected of fatally stabbing another man in a Gaslamp Quarter hotel on Wednesday evening, authorities said.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stabbing
Verb
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Gunn starts jabbing his fingers into Corenswet’s chest.—
Adam B. Vary,
Variety,
15 Aug. 2025
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Just jabbing people in the eye with a stick for the pleasure of it.—
Elizabeth Kaye Cook
August 6,
Literary Hub,
6 Aug. 2025
Verb
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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
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These posts implicitly criticize the government by puncturing its narrative of economic progress.—
Michael Schuman,
The Atlantic,
26 Aug. 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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Both are solid options in their own ways, and picking one would no doubt harm the other.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Sep. 2025
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After more than an hour on the road, the team arrived at a cluster of trailers behind a long dirt path on a grower’s property in South Haven, tight quarters where farmworkers rest after long-hour shifts picking fruit under the Michigan sun.—
David Rodriguez Muñoz,
Freep.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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
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Australian playwright Tony McNamara has turned his side hustle as a screenwriter into a blessing for Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things, The Favourite), and viewers of The Great, his bawdy historical farce for Hulu, can attest to his love of layered, lacerating insults.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
27 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Wednesday confronts Bianca, who is bewildered about her Siren-song not sticking; Wednesday is taking control of things now and Bianca needs to trust her.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
3 Sep. 2025
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What was sticking closer to home in roles about?—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Most of the surface is made up of a fine dust with jagged edges because it hasn’t been weathered by wind or water.—
Jeremy Bogaisky,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Against all of this allegedly heady stuff, the score—by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross—intentionally jars us from encroaching drowsiness with chortling woodwinds and shardlike piano chords that are the aural equivalent of jagged Plexiglass off-cuts.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Stabbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stabbing. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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