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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On his June 2026 song “We Know the Truth,” he rejected allegations connecting him to the killing and said he learned after arriving to perform at the festival that someone had been stabbed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
In one version circulating, attributed to a source in the VA police, she had already been stabbed by the time she arrived at the VA.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 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
Speaking after two Jewish men were stabbed in Golders Green on Wednesday, the prime minister said the chant, based on an Arabic word for uprising, had left Jews feeling "scared, intimidated, wondering if they belong".
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
Bobby Gene stabbed at the butter with the whisk.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
