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

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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

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

US tech tycoon Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of X and a friend of Vance's, has posted numerous times on the platform about the police response to the stabbing.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

And Musk has repeatedly criticised the police response to Nowak's stabbing on his social platform X.

From BBC ● May 31, 2026

Alex reached the staircase and climbed up into the light, feeling the woman’s eyes, like daggers, stabbing into his back.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz

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