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What is another word for stabbing?

Need synonyms for stabbing? Here's a list of similar words from our thesaurus that you can use instead.

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Adjective

(of pain) Sharp and intense in nature

Severe or intense, especially in a painful or unpleasant way

Sharp, stabbing or piercing

Bitterly hostile or malicious

Noun

An act or instance of wounding or killing someone with a knife

The action or process of penetrating something

A continuous or prolonged dull pain in a part of one's body

A deep cut or tear in skin or flesh

The killing of one person by another

Verb

Present participle for to puncture or pierce with a sharp, pointed object

Present participle for to make a thrusting gesture or movement at something

Present participle for to cause extreme pain, anguish, or distress to

Present participle for to kill or cause the death of

Present participle for to do something despite the danger it may pose

Present participle for to spread or pervade throughout

Present participle for to cover completely with water

Present participle for to elevate or extend in an upward direction or motion

Present participle for to cause damage or harm to

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Adjective

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(of pain) Sharp and intense in nature

“When June felt stabbing pains in her heart, she associated it with both myself and her mother.”

Adjective

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Severe or intense, especially in a painful or unpleasant way

agonising^UK

agonizing^US

sombre^UK

somber^US

paralyzing^US

paralysing^UK

grueling^US

gruelling^UK

clamoring^US

clamouring^UK

knock-down-and-drag-out

of the utmost importance

carrying a lot of weight

more than one can bear

more than flesh and blood can stand

more than flesh and blood can bear

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Adjective

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Sharp, stabbing or piercing

Adjective

Bitterly hostile or malicious

unfavorable^US

ill-humored^US

accidentally on purpose

environmentally unfriendly

sulphurous^UK

sulfurous^US

wintry^US

wintery^UK

smouldering^UK

at each other's throats

smoldering^US

somber^US

humourless^UK

humorless^US

sombre^UK

thirsting for revenge

criticizing^US

disinclined to accept

criticising^UK

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Noun

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An act or instance of wounding or killing someone with a knife

“The officer who claimed to have been the victim of an attempted stabbing.”

Noun

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The action or process of penetrating something

Noun

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A continuous or prolonged dull pain in a part of one's body

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Noun

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A deep cut or tear in skin or flesh

Noun

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The killing of one person by another

taking of someone's life

indiscriminate bloodshed

indiscriminate killing

night of the long knives

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Verb

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Present participle for to puncture or pierce with a sharp, pointed object

ploughing^UK

plowing^US

shooting full of holes

making a flesh wound in

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“Quickly brush water on the side facing up and stab the dough all over with a fork.”

Verb

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Present participle for to make a thrusting gesture or movement at something

pummelling^UK

cudgelling^UK

cudgeling^US

knocking into the middle of next week

lighting to

letting someone have it

belaboring^US

belabouring^UK

giving someone a hiding

giving someone a hot bottom

putting over one's knee

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“Her opponent's hands stab the air with a series of gestures before he storms away.”

Verb

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Present participle for to cause extreme pain, anguish, or distress to

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

agonising^UK

agonizing^US

causing someone distress

inflicting anguish on

victimizing^US

laboring^US

labouring^UK

bending someone's ear

testing

tyrannizing^US

dejecting

victimising^UK

tyrannising^UK

discriminating against

inflicting suffering on

breaking the heart of

tantalising^UK

tantalizing^US

making severe demands on

putting the squeeze on

sickening

swamping

giving the business

jumping on one's case

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Verb

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Present participle for to kill or cause the death of

Verb

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Present participle for to do something despite the danger it may pose

Verb

Present participle for to spread or pervade throughout

Verb

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Present participle for to cover completely with water

Verb

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Present participle for to elevate or extend in an upward direction or motion

Verb

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Present participle for to cause damage or harm to

vandalising^UK

vandalizing^US

discoloring^US

playing merry hell with

driving a nail into the coffin of

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