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Synonyms for stabbing
ˈstæb ɪŋstab·bing

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  1. stabbing, woundingadjective

    causing physical or especially psychological injury

    "a stabbing remark"; "wounding and false charges of disloyalty"

    Synonyms:
    keen, piercing, knifelike, wounding, cutting, lancinate, lancinating

    Antonyms:
    harmless, dull

  2. cutting, keen, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinatingadjective

    painful as if caused by a sharp instrument

    "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain"

    Synonyms:
    slap-up, cracking, neat, sharp, lancinating, wounding, incisive, cutting, peachy, swell, knifelike, corking, bully, keen, dandy, nifty, smashing, not bad(p), raw, discriminating, bang-up, acute, groovy, lancinate, stinging, edged, exquisite, penetrating, piercing, bleak, great, penetrative

    Antonyms:
    dull, harmless

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  1. List of paraphrases for "stabbing":

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How to use stabbing in a sentence?

  1. Chief James Essig:

    He’s wanted in terms of the stabbing.

  2. Pongtip Samranjit:

    The ALRO is stabbing them in the back and going back on the deal with the villagers.

  3. Ben Carson on Thursday:

    One of the ones where I threw a rock and broke someone's glasses, that occurred when I was maybe about 7 or 8. The stabbing, attempted stabbing incident occurred when I was 13 or 14, the -- what's another incident? trying to hit my mother in the head with a hammer, that was around the same time as the stabbing incident.

  4. Scott C. Holstad:

    Bronchial fix, lung lining expanding again, pounding holes, stabbing me in the back, bacterial traitor, wheezing breath from me, giving me the wonderful opportunity to take panting lessons from Rover.

  5. Rodrigo Duterte:

    At the age of 16, I already killed someone. A real person, a rumble, a stabbing, i was just 16 years old. It was just over a look. How much more now that I am president.


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