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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. |
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Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or
slander; as, to stab a person's reputation. |
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To give a wound with a pointed weapon; to pierce; to
thrust with a pointed weapon. |
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To wound or pain, as if with a pointed weapon. |
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The thrust of a pointed weapon. |
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A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the stab
an assassin. |
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Fig.: An injury inflicted covertly or suddenly; as, a stab
given to character. |
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