Hack
Hack verb - To deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently.
Stab
Stab verb - To penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object.
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Synonyms for Stab
How words are described
| good | good hack | good stab |
| special | special hack | special stab |
| best | best hack | best stab |
| similar | similar hack | similar stab |
| Other adjectives: complete, standard, original, initial, single, obvious, simple, massive, big, great, bad, infamous, quick, major, minor, last. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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For extra Nightmare Fuel, the torture implements will be on arms that hack and stab blindly, with the promise of mauling the victim indiscriminately and never tiring.
Source: Robotic Torture Device -
Almost all city assaults end with a prolonged bloodbath as your men slowly hack and stab their way through the defenders, and you're lucky if you end up killing the enemy at a roughly 1 to 1 ratio because of that... unless you use a distance exploit.
Source: Video Game / Total War -
The Guardians from .hack//SIGN, buggy freudian nightmare monsters from a Virtual Reality MMORPG who not only stab you with their tentacles, but put you into a short-term coma in real life.
Source: Combat Tentacles
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