Knife
Stab
Stab verb - To penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object.
Usage example: stabbed the pesky leaf with the tines of the rake
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Synonyms for Stab
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good knife | good stab |
| special | special knife | special stab |
| long | long knife | long stab |
| particular | particular knife | particular stab |
| Other adjectives: similar, standard, original, single, simple, dull, nasty, actual, massive, big, great, poisoned, psychic, decent, cursed, fatal, gigantic, basic. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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And after the fifth show, I went up to him and I said, "next time I see you, you better bring flowers or have a knife and stab me." And...Marty: The next time I saw her, I had daisies and a butter knife.
Source: Series / Gilmore Girls - Laser-Guided Karma: While Sam's distracted, a seemingly unconscious Jake takes the opportunity to sneak up behind him with a knife and stab him In the Back.
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In Beyond, you can sneak up behind them with a knife and stab them; if the other guards see the corpse before you drag it out of sight, they'll head for the alarm and set it off.
Source: The Guards Must Be Crazy
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