stabbing

[stab-ing] / ˈstæb ɪŋ /

ADJECTIVE

sharp

Synonyms

STRONG

acuminate barbed edged fine gnawing honed horned jagged keen peaked piercing pointed serrated sharpened shooting spiked stinging tapered tapering tined tipped whetted

WEAK

aciculate acuate acuminous acute apical briery cuspate cuspidate ground fine keen-edged knife-edged knifelike lancinating needle-pointed needlelike pointy prickly pronged razor-sharp salient sharp-edged spiky spiny splintery thorny unblunted

Antonyms

STRONG

blunt dull smooth

Example Sentences

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I missed my target entirely, stabbing the hunk of hay more than a foot away from the bull’s-eye.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026

The Times filed a Freedom of Information Act request on June 2 for VA Police records of the hallway death and the stabbing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026

U.K. officials have rebuffed the criticism, with Justice Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy pointing out that the attacker was British and saying the stabbing had nothing to do with immigration.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

All three men flew from Heathrow Airport to Switzerland just hours after the stabbing on 29 March 2024.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

The sound sharpens my fear into a hard point stabbing at my center.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

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