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to stab

verb/ɐ.pu.ɲɐˈlaɾ/low

a·pu·nha·lar

Definition

To wound or kill with a dagger or pointed weapon.
The robber stabbed the cashier during the holdup.
He felt betrayed, as if he had been stabbed in the back.
Common collocations
to stab someonestab in the backget stabbed
Idiomatic expressions
  • stab in the back (to betray treacherously)

Etymology

Do italiano 'pugnalare', por sua vez de 'pugnale' (punhal).

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