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stabbing
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adjective
(= wounding)
causing physical or especially psychological injury
a stabbing remark
wounding and false charges of disloyalty
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adjective
(= cutting, keen, knifelike, piercing, lancinate, lancinating)
painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
a cutting wind
keen winds
knifelike cold
piercing knifelike pains
piercing cold
piercing criticism
a stabbing pain
lancinating pain
tool
Noun
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A tool is an object that you use to do a specific job, such as a hammer.
I used to fix my own car, but I sold all my tools.
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A tool is a person being used by another person or organization.
He is such a tool. He should think for himself, instead of doing everything they tell him to do.