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stabbed

VERB

puncture, pierce with sharp, pointed object

Synonyms

STRONGEST

hurt injure jab prick punch stick wound

STRONG

bayonet brand carve chop cleave clip cut drive gore hit jag knife penetrate pierce plow plunge prong ram saber shank sink slice spear thrust transfix

WEAK

open up run through

Antonyms

STRONGEST

aid assist cure heal help

STRONG

increase rise unite

Example Sentences

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Elordi strides naturally through the film’s burning-of-Atlanta orange sunscapes and its grasslands stabbed by obsidian spikes of rock.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

Bolsonaro, 70, has grappled with health issues since being stabbed in the stomach during the 2018 presidential campaign.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

From a yard out he stabbed Lewis Ferguson's corner over the line to put Scotland's fans back in dreamland, albeit briefly.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2025

But coming as it did in the middle of a $20 billion financial rescue engineered by the Treasury Department, many in the U.S. farming community felt stabbed in the back.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

Incomprehensible voices battered him, sobs and shouts and wails stabbed the night, but Harry and Ginny walked on, back up the steps into the entrance hall.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling