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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Those faulty messages can produce shooting, stabbing or burning sensations.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

"It is like a stabbing pain, a very very heavy stabbing pain," she says.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

The Times filed a Freedom of Information Act request on June 2 for VA Police records of the hallway death and the stabbing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

Prior to the stabbing, New York officials had already cancelled an outdoor watch party set for Monday outside the Garden.

From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026

“I still have time, Mister Dandy,” the man Jack began, but the silver-haired man cut him off, stabbing a large pink finger in his direction.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman

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