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stabbing

/ˈstæb.ɪŋ/ noun C2
  1. An incident in which a person is stabbed. · A stabbing took place in the alley last night.· The hospital receives many victims of stabbings.

Plural stabbings

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He had once been a skilful sculptor and had earned an honest living, but he had taken to evil courses and had twice already been in jail—once for a petty theft, and once, as we had already heard, for stabbing a fellow-countryman.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 92 · C1

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