Thesaurus: stab

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1. v. t. To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the thrust of a pointed instrument; as, to stab a man with a dagger; also, to thrust; as, to stab a dagger into a person.
2. v. t. Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as, to stab a person's reputation.
3. v. i. To give a wound with a pointed weapon; to pierce; to thrust with a pointed weapon.
4. v. i. To wound or pain, as if with a pointed weapon.
5. n. The thrust of a pointed weapon.
6. n. A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the stab an assassin.
7. n. Fig.: An injury inflicted covertly or suddenly; as, a stab given to character.
8. n. a sudden sharp feeling
9. n. a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument
10. n. informal words for any attempt or effort
11. v. use a knife on
12. v. stab or pierce