stabbing

adj. piercing, penetrating (as of a sudden intense pain)

v. pierce or wound with a pointed weapon or other object; make a stabbing movement, jab, thrust

A stabbing is the penetration of a sharp or pointed object at close range. Stab connotes purposeful action, as by an assassin or murderer, but it is also possible to accidentally stab oneself or others, although such stabbings are rarely serious and still more rarely fatal. Stabbing differs from slashing or cutting in that the motion of the object used in a stabbing generally moves perpendicular to and directly into the victim's body, rather than being drawn across it.
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Adjective
1. causing physical or especially psychological injury; "a stabbing remark"; "few experiences are more traumatic than losing a child"; "wounding and false charges of disloyalty"
(synonym) traumatic, wounding
(similar) harmful
2. as physically 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"
(synonym) cutting, keen, knifelike, piercing, lancinate, lancinating
(similar) sharp

Noun
1. a sudden sharp feeling; "pangs of regret"; "she felt a stab of excitement"; "twinges of conscience"
(synonym) pang, twinge
(hypernym) feeling
(hyponym) guilt pang
2. a thrusting blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument; "one strong stab to the heart killed him"
(synonym) thrust, knife thrust
(hypernym) blow
(derivation) jab
3. informal words for any attempt or effort; "he gave it his best shot"; "he took a stab at forecasting"
(synonym) shot
(hypernym) attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
Verb
1. use a knife on; "The victim was knifed to death"
(synonym) knife
(hypernym) injure, wound
(hyponym) poniard
(derivation) thrust, knife thrust
2. stab or pierce; "he jabbed the piece of meat with his pocket knife"
(synonym) jab
(hypernym) thrust
(hyponym) goad, prick
(derivation) thrust, knife thrust
3. poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs"
(synonym) jab, prod, poke, dig
(hypernym) thrust

(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Stab