stab
verb (used with object)
to pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon.
stabbed
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past participleof stab.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof stab.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
stabverb (used with object)to pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon.
Example Sentences
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The Sheriff’s Department did not make clear whether the deputy who was stabbed also shot the suspect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2026
Above all, we learn our lessons when we make misjudgments rather than claim we have been stabbed in the back.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
Last week, after two Jewish men were stabbed in London, Lipman told LBC she believed antisemitism in the UK had reached levels akin to Nazi Germany in 1933.
From BBC ● May 4, 2026
Bolsonaro has suffered from recurring health issues since being stabbed in the abdomen during a campaign event in 2018.
From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026
Colin watched in a lock-jawed silence as Hassan furiously stabbed at his breakfast, and later as Hassan slammed the mini-recorder down on the coffee table of some factory retiree who was old-but-not-old-enough-for-the-nursing home.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
