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Definition of Stabbing
1. Adjective. Causing physical or especially psychological injury. "Wounding and false charges of disloyalty"
2. Adjective. Painful as if caused by a sharp instrument. "Lancinating pain"
Definition of Stabbing
1. Adjective. (context: of pain) Sharp, intense. ¹
2. Noun. An incident in which a person is stabbed. ¹
3. Verb. (present participle of stab) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stabbing
1. stab [v] - See also: stab
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stabbing
Literary usage of Stabbing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"Lastly, by stabbing, that is, having a smooth box and email in the bottom, ...
stabbing THE DICE. One of the various tricks practised by the cheats of old ..."
2. A Practical Treatise on the Criminal Law: Comprising the Practice, Pleadings by Joseph Chitty, Richard Peters (1819)
"Its particular object is thus stated in the preamble, which may serve to direct
us in its construction : " To the end, that stabbing and killing men on the ..."
3. Precedents of Indictments and Pleas: Adapted to the Use Both of the Courts by Francis Wharton (1871)
"(147) For stabbing, casting into the sea, and drowning the deceased on the high
sea, &c. ... (155) Murder by stabbing with a knife. (156) Murder. ..."
4. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, William Draper Lewis (1902)
"And after an acquittal of the defendant upon an indictment for a felonious assault
upon a party by stabbing him, the latter may maintain trespass to recover ..."
5. Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties by Charles Joseph Kappler (1904)
"... С. С. Trowbridge, sub Indian agent, Henry R. Schoolcraft, United States Indian
agent, Sacs: Na-o-tuk, x the stabbing chief, Pish-ken-au-nee, x all fish, ..."
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