I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a shooting/stabbing incident (= when someone is shot or stabbed )
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Two men died today in a shooting incident.
a stabbing pain (= sharp and sudden )
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Marcus heard a shot and felt a stabbing pain at the back of his ankle.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Another piercing roar, and the stabbing pain of a Darkfall strike.
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Killed by a stranger: Student admits stabbing tutor.
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There was no time to raise it and draw back for a stabbing blow.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
fatal
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The campaign came in response to a spate of fatal stabbings and involved extra police officers being drafted in to patrol late-night trouble spots.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A stabbing brought in the police one night.
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In 1985, at a court in Birmingham, a similar stabbing happened and procedures were stepped up.
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Recourse to stabbing is at least potentially more open to abuse.
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Some knives have sharp edges for slashing, others have points for stabbing , and some can do both.
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The stabbings occurred just one night after two homeless men were stabbed several times while they slept only a few blocks away.
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They are the victims of auto accidents, industrial accidents, falls from cliffs, fires, fights, stabbings, shootings.