Stabbing

/ˈstæb.ɪŋ/ adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An incident in which a person is stabbed.

    "A stabbing took place in the alley last night."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of stab form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    Sharp, intense. not-comparable

    "Too much running gives me a stabbing pain in the chest."

Adjective
  1. 1
    painful as if caused by a sharp instrument wordnet
  2. 2
    causing physical or especially psychological injury wordnet

Example

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"Let's refrain from stabbing people with knives."

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