stab
verb
[ stab ]
• thrust a knife or other pointed weapon into (someone) so as to wound or kill.
• "he stabbed her in the stomach"
Similar:
knife,
run through,
skewer,
spear,
bayonet,
gore,
spike,
stick,
impale,
transfix,
pierce,
prick,
puncture,
penetrate,
perforate,
gash,
slash,
cut,
tear,
scratch,
wound,
injure,
transpierce,
stab
noun
• a thrust with a knife or other pointed weapon.
• "multiple stab wounds"
• an attempt to do (something).
• "Meredith made a feeble stab at joining in"
Similar:
attempt,
try,
effort,
endeavour,
guess,
go,
shot,
crack,
bash,
whack,
essay,
Origin:
late Middle English: of unknown origin.
