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- pronunciation:
- staeb
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
stabs, stabbing, stabbed |
| definition: |
If you stab something, you push something very sharp into it. If a person stabs another person, they hurt them by pushing a knife or other sharp thing into their body.
Mason stabbed a baked potato and put it on his plate.Leah accidentally stabbed her brother's arm with the scissors.- synonyms:
- cut, pierce, stick
- similar words:
- prick, spike, strike
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| related words: |
assassinate, cut, poke, wound |
| derivation: |
stabber (n.) |
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