stabbing
noun
[ ˈstabɪŋ ]
• an act or instance of wounding or killing someone with a knife.
• "the fatal stabbings of four women"
stabbing
adjective
• (of a pain or sensation) sharp and sudden.
• "I felt a stabbing pain in my chest"
stab
verb
• 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,
Origin:
late Middle English: of unknown origin.
