knifing
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7.4
- noun
- /ˈnaɪfɪŋ/
- Offensive
- Terrible as the knifing was, won't she be forever haunted by the thought?
Examples
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Witnesses described the knifing as a sudden and violent attack.
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Outside of war, have you ever been in a shooting, knifing or fight where someone was seriously injured?
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He's changed very much since the knifing.
Fiction book (1993) -
He'd seen batterings, burnings, knifings, and shootings.
Fiction book (1991) -
The news reported several knifings in the area over the weekend.
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The community was shaken by the recent knifing that occurred in broad daylight.
Synonyms
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4.1
An attack where someone is hurt or killed with a knife
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4.1
An act of cutting someone or something with a sharp object
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4.6
A crime where someone uses a knife to hurt or kill another person
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7.5
A strong stab with a knife into someone's body
An act of stabbing someone with a small pointed knife
Antonyms
How Violent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Knifing comes from the word knife, which originally meant a sharp 'blade' from an old Norse word. So a knifing is the action of using that blade to 'stab' or attack someone.