stabbed

VERB

puncture, pierce with sharp, pointed object

Synonyms

STRONGEST

hurt injure jab prick punch stick wound

STRONG

bayonet brand carve chop cleave clip cut drive gore hit jag knife penetrate pierce plow plunge prong ram saber shank sink slice spear thrust transfix

WEAK

open up run through

Antonyms

STRONGEST

aid assist cure heal help

STRONG

increase rise unite

Example Sentences

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Elordi strides naturally through the film’s burning-of-Atlanta orange sunscapes and its grasslands stabbed by obsidian spikes of rock.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

In 2024, after a bishop was stabbed in Sydney during a service that was livestreamed, Inman Grant asked for the video to be taken down from X. The company's owner, Elon Musk, refused.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

Bolsonaro, 70, has grappled with health issues since being stabbed in the stomach during the 2018 presidential campaign.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

But coming as it did in the middle of a $20 billion financial rescue engineered by the Treasury Department, many in the U.S. farming community felt stabbed in the back.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

The lights of the houses stabbed through the trees, making it just possible to tell where she was going—except she didn’t know where she was going.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer