[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon:She stabbed a piece of chicken with her fork.Synonyms: transfix , pin , penetrate , spear", "to thrust, plunge, or jab (a knife, pointed weapon, or the like) into something:He stabbed the knife into the man's chest.", "to penetrate sharply or painfully:Their misery stabbed his conscience.", "to make a piercing, thrusting, or pointing motion at or in:He stabbed me in the chest with his finger.The speaker stabbed the air in anger."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to thrust with or as if with a knife or other pointed weapon:to stab at an attacker.", "to deliver a wound, as with a pointed weapon."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["the act of stabbing.", "a thrust or blow with, or as if with, a pointed weapon.", "an attempt ; try ;Make a stab at an before giving up.", "a wound made by stabbing.", "a sudden, brief, and usually painful, sensation:He felt a stab of pain in his foot.A stab of pity ran through her."]}, {"Bold_text": "abbreviation for", "List Items": ["stabilization.", "stabilizer.", "stable."]}]