STABBING

Stabbing

A stabbing is penetration with a sharp or pointed object at close range. Stab connotes purposeful action, as by an assassin or murderer, but it is also possible to accidentally stab oneself or others. Stabbing differs from slashing or cutting in that the motion of the object used in a stabbing generally moves perpendicular to and directly into the victim's body, rather than being drawn across it.

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stabbing

Noun

  1. An incident in which a person is stabbed.
    A stabbing took place in the alley last night.
    The hospital receives many victims of stabbings.

Verb

Adjective

  1. sharp, intense
    Too much running gives me a stabbing pain in the chest.


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