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Stabbed

Stab \Stab\ (st[a^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stabbed (st[a^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. Stabbing.] [Cf. OD. staven to fix, fasten, fr. stave, staff, a staff, rod; akin to G. stab a staff, stick, E. staff; also Gael. stob to stab, as n., a stake, a stub. Cf. Staff.]

  1. 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. Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as, to stab a person's reputation.

Wiktionary
stabbed

vb. (en-past of: stab)

WordNet
stabbed

adj. pierced with a pointed weapon

stab
  1. n. a sudden sharp feeling; "pangs of regret"; "she felt a stab of excitement"; "twinges of conscience" [syn: pang, twinge]

  2. a thrusting blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument; "one strong stab to the heart killed him" [syn: thrust, knife thrust]

  3. informal words for any attempt or effort; "he gave it his best shot"; "he took a stab at forecasting" [syn: shot]

  4. [also: stabbing, stabbed]

stab
  1. v. use a knife on; "The victim was knifed to death" [syn: knife]

  2. stab or pierce; "he jabbed the piece of meat with his pocket knife" [syn: jab]

  3. poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her ribs" [syn: jab, prod, poke, dig]

  4. [also: stabbing, stabbed]

stabbed

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Usage examples of "stabbed".

Victim was stabbed sixteen times, five of which wounds were in and of themselves fatal.

Victim had been stabbed seven times and shot once, at least three of the stab wounds, as well as the gunshot wound, being in and of itself fatal.

Victim was shot twice, struck over the head thirteen times with a blunt object, and stabbed fifty-one times.

Victim had been stabbed a total of forty-one times, any one of six of which could in and of itself have been fatal.

She did recall, however, another conversation in which Susan Atkins told her and several other girls that she had been in a fight with a man who had pulled her hair, and that she had stabbed him three or four times in the legs.

Nor, contrary to what Kitty had said, did Susan admit to having stabbed anyone.

I stabbed her, and when she screamed at me it did something to me, sent a rush through me, and I stabbed her again.

Ronnie knew a little bit about the subject, having once stabbed her ex-husband.

Atkins confessed to Howard that she stabbed Sharon Tate and Voytek Frykowski.

Ronnie Howard is true, Atkins personally stabbed to death Sharon Tate, Gary Hinman, and who knows how many others!

Manson said, then everyone stabbed him, and finally Clem had chopped his head off.

In contrast to what she had told Virginia Graham and Ronnie Howard, Susan now claimed that she had held Sharon while Tex stabbed her.

Voytek Frykowski had been shot twice, struck over the head thirteen times with a blunt object, and stabbed fifty-one times.

Later, in late August or early September, while they were at Willow Springs, about ten miles from Barker Ranch, Leslie told Dianne that she had stabbed someone who was already dead.

Rosemary LaBianca, Katsuyama also testified, had been stabbed forty-one times, sixteen of which wounds, mostly in her back and buttocks, having been made after she had died.