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stab

/stæb/
noun
  1. An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.

  2. A wound made by stabbing.

  3. Pain inflicted on a person's feelings.

verb
  1. To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a pointed tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.

    "If you stab him in the heart he won't live long enough to retaliate."

  2. To thrust in a stabbing motion.

    "to stab a dagger into a person"

  3. To recklessly hit with the tip of a pointed object, such as a weapon or finger (often used with at).

    "He stabbed at my face with the twig but luckily kept missing my eyes."

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