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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Tech tycoon Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of X, has also posted numerous times on the platform about the police response to the stabbing.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 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

The billionaire X owner has posted numerous times on the platform about the police's response to the stabbing, criticising "how heinously Nowak was treated by the police in his dying moments".

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

He was doing chin-ups during a workout when he experienced a new kind of stabbing pain in his hand.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

Madoc will be frowning and stabbing his meat, annoyed with me for missing his lessons.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

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