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stab

noun as in piercing cut

noun as in attempt

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Michael Lobb, 56, a Cornish tinsmith and jeweler, is found stabbed to death in his studio.

Guards were stabbed there, a man died after being beaten by fellow inmates and the facility was understaffed.

The Fremont Police Department responded to a call of a altercation between two men on Sept. 18 and found a 71-year-old man unresponsive and bleeding from significant stab wounds.

Following the incident in Frankland, three of the prison officers, two men and a woman, were taken to hospital, two with stab wounds.

From BBC

The men, who were described in court as "smirking" killers, ran amok at the music video shoot and fatally stabbed Klevi and Leo and severely injured Abdullah Abdullahi, 28, for an "adrenaline rush".

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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