| Main Entry: | stab |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | puncture, pierce with sharp, pointed object |
Synonyms: |
bayonet, brand, carve, chop, cleave, clip, cut, drive, gore, hit, hurt, injure, jab, jag, knife, open up, penetrate, pierce, plow, plunge, prick, prong, punch, ram, run through, saber, shank, sink, slice, spear, stick, thrust, transfix, wound |
| Main Entry: | stabbing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sharp |
Synonyms: |
aciculate, acuate, acuminate, acuminous, acute, apical, barbed, briery, cuspate, cuspidate, edged, fine, gnawing, ground fine, honed, horned, jagged, keen, keen-edged, knife-edged, knifelike, lancinating, needle-pointed, needlelike, peaked, piercing, pointed, pointy, prickly, pronged, razor-sharp, salient, serrated, sharp-edged, sharpened, shooting, spiked, spiky, spiny, splintery, stinging, tapered, tapering, thorny, tined, tipped, unblunted, whetted |
| Main Entry: | acute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | severe, intense |
Synonyms: |
cutting, distressing, excruciating, exquisite, fierce, keen, overpowering, overwhelming, piercing, poignant, powerful, racking, severe, sharp, shooting, stabbing, sudden, violent |
| Notes: | acute is used for a sudden onset and short duration; chronic is for conditions that are slow to develop and of long duration acute is an angle of less than 90 degrees; obtuse is one of more than 90 degrees chronic is contrasted with acute as chronic pain persists over a longer period of time than acute pain and is resistant to most medical treatments |
| Main Entry: | attack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assault physically |
Synonyms: |
advance, aggress, ambush, assail, assault, bash, bat, bean, beat, beset, besiege, biff, blast, blister, boff, bombard, boot, bop, brain*, bust, charge, chop down, clip, clock, club, combat, cook*, harm, hit, hurt, infiltrate, invade, jump, kick, knock block off, knock cold, knock for a loop, larrup, lay siege to, light into, molest, mug, overwhelm, pounce upon, punch, raid, rush, set upon, slog, soak, stab, storm, strike, take the offensive, turn on, wallop, whop |
Antonyms: |
aid, defend, protect, resist, retreat, shelter, shield, submit, support, surrender, sustain |
| Main Entry: | cleave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | divide, split |
Synonyms: |
carve, chop, crack, cut, dissect, dissever, disunite, divorce, hack, hew, open, part, pierce, rend, rip, rive, separate, sever, slice, stab, sunder, tear asunder, whack |
Antonyms: |
join, meld, unite |
| Main Entry: | damage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause injury, loss |
Synonyms: |
abuse, bang up, batter, bleach, blight, break, burn, contaminate, corrode, corrupt, crack, cripple, deface, defile, dirty, discolor, disfigure, disintegrate, dismantle, fade, gnaw, harm, hurt, impair, incapacitate, infect, injure, lacerate, maim, maltreat, mangle, mar, mutilate, pollute, ravage, rot, ruin, rust, scathe, scorch, scratch, smash, split, spoil, stab, stain, tamper with, tarnish, tear, undermine, vitiate, weaken, wear away, wound, wreak havoc on, wreck, wrong |
Antonyms: |
benefit, bless, enhance, favor, fix, improve, mend, perfect, repair |
| Main Entry: | dig |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | thrust object into |
Synonyms: |
drive, gouge, jab, jog, nudge, plunge, poke, prod, punch, ram, sink, stab, stick |
| Main Entry: | drive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit with heavy blow |
Synonyms: |
batter, beat, butt, dash, dig, hammer, jackhammer, knock, maul, plunge, pop, punch, ram, run, shoot, sink, smite, sock, stab, stick, strike, throw, thrust, thump, twack, whack, wham |
| Main Entry: | excruciating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | torturous, painful |
Synonyms: |
acute, agonizing, burning, chastening, consuming, exquisite, extreme, grueling, harrowing, insufferable, intense, piercing, punishing, racking, rending, searing, severe, sharp, shooting, stabbing, tearing, tormenting, torturesome, torturing, unbearable, unendurable, violent |
Antonyms: |
bearable, endurable, helpful, pleasant, pleasing, soothing |
| Main Entry: | gore |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pierce |
Synonyms: |
gouge, impale, lance, perforate, puncture, spear, stab, stick, wound |