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Definition or meaning of the English word Stab
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. (v. t.).
Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as; to stab a person's reputation. (v. t.).
Fig.: An injury inflicted covertly or suddenly; as; a stab given to character. (n.).
A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as; to fall by the stab an assassin. (n.).
The thrust of a pointed weapon. (n.).
To give a wound with a pointed weapon; to pierce; to thrust with a pointed weapon. (v. i.).
To wound or pain; as if with a pointed weapon. (v. i.).
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