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stabbing

[ stab-ing ]

adjective

  1. penetrating; piercing:

    a stabbing pain.

  2. emotionally wounding:

    a stabbing remark.

  3. incisive or trenchant:

    a stabbing, satirical phrase.



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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ٲbԲ· adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of stabbing1

First recorded in 1590–1600; stab + -ing 2
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He also said one of his staff had to deal with the aftermath of a stabbing while on their way to work recently when "two young boys" had been stabbed in the head and neck.

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"It's hard to find the right words to convey not only the horror, but also the senselessness, of this vicious stabbing," he said.

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A criminology student who had a "grievance against women" has been jailed for attacking two friends in a frenzied stabbing on a beach in Bournemouth.

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Acclaimed author Sir Salman Rushdie is set to release his first work of fiction in nearly three years, following a stabbing that left him blind in one eye in 2022.

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Mr Elias continued: "You were stabbing him a number of times."

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