as in pierces
to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object
stabbed the pesky leaf with the tines of the rake
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as in punctures
a mark or small hole made by a pointed instrument
the injection left a small stab on her upper arm
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Recent Examples of stabs
Claudia Lauer, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
Near the end of the video, the unseen cameraperson flips the notebook to a page containing a diagram of the church and stabs the diagram with a knife.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
But Min-su ends up hyperventilating as Nam-gyu stabs her to death anyway.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
After he's caught red-handed, the pilot goes to confront him when the captain stabs him before throwing him overboard.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
But before Wheeler can kill Jamie, Beth stabs him in the heart.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
Ji-oh stabs Taesang through the heart with a fencing sword.
—Kayti Burt, TIME, 29 Nov. 2024
Instead, the inmate who stabs him to death used the blade to cut a Glasgow smile onto his face.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 9 Oct. 2024
The mysterious inmate then stabs Arthur to death, before carving a smile into his own face, presumably turning into the Joker that Arthur could never be.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 9 Aug. 2025
Verb
The person then stabs it with a long knife.
—Claudia Lauer, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
Near the end of the video, the unseen cameraperson flips the notebook to a page containing a diagram of the church and stabs the diagram with a knife.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
But Min-su ends up hyperventilating as Nam-gyu stabs her to death anyway.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
After he's caught red-handed, the pilot goes to confront him when the captain stabs him before throwing him overboard.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
But before Wheeler can kill Jamie, Beth stabs him in the heart.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
Ji-oh stabs Taesang through the heart with a fencing sword.
—Kayti Burt, TIME, 29 Nov. 2024
Instead, the inmate who stabs him to death used the blade to cut a Glasgow smile onto his face.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 9 Oct. 2024
The mysterious inmate then stabs Arthur to death, before carving a smile into his own face, presumably turning into the Joker that Arthur could never be.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
Noun
Shorter sci-fi stabs meet surging upward flourishes which also link Believe stylistically to disco and Hi-NRG, associating the track with certain gay subcultural histories.
—Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stabs
Verb
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And who the f--- pierces a 12 year old?—
Catherine Santino,
People.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And the algicide attempts may not have worked because the biomass of blue-green algae was just too large for effects to be detected.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Lifetime, Prater was 23-of-24 on those attempts that happened in the last two minutes of regulation or in overtime.—
Joe Buscaglia,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Recounting his visit with Shelton’s body after she’d been taken off of life support in From Bleak to Dark, Maron punctures the somber scene with a joke about taking a selfie.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Aug. 2025
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Pop princess Kylie Minogue landed some punches as Cammy White in the 1994 Street Fighter film.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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The one-two-three judicial punches could risk the president's plans to deport as many as 1 million people per year.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
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How To Play Wordle Wordle is a daily word puzzle game where your goal is to guess a hidden five-letter word in six tries or fewer.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Those seven tries produced zero first downs.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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Haggard jabs Baird over mailers The race is already tense.—
Kayla Dwyer,
IndyStar,
13 Aug. 2025
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These nation-wide country-goes-city celebrations of agricultural bounty, mechanical innovations and skilled handcrafts have been drawing crowds since the first fair was held in upstate New York in 1841.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Keep scrolling for fall decor picks from the Magnolia collection at Target, starting at $5.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Sep. 2025
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Snag top picks from the sale below before items sell out.—
Rachel Trujillo,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Stabs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stabs. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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