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(transitive) To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a pointed tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger. / (transitive) To thrust in a stabbing motion.

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Source Word

stab

IPA(Pronunciation)

/stæb/

Verb

transitive intransitive figuratively

Japanese Meaning

ナイフや短剣など、先の鋭い道具を用いて、人や物を突き刺し傷を負わせる行為 / 物を鋭い動作で突き入れる、または突き出す行為

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She tried to stab the intruder with a kitchen knife to protect her child.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女は子供を守るために台所用ナイフで侵入者を刺そうとした。

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(transitive) To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a pointed tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.

There the cause of death was soon ascertained ; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom. […]

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