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- noun An instance of
stabbing with aknife . - verb Present participle of
knife .
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Examples
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Every veteran conservative activist knows so-called “moderate” Republican politicians who specialize in knifing conservative Republicans in the back.
Conservative Republican Participation - Morton_C_Blackwell’s blog - RedState 2009
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Stripping line from the reel, he rocketed across a barely submerged gravel bar, dorsal fin knifing the air.
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He had obviously been enjoying the idea of knifing a man in the back.
Brothers Majere Stein, Kevin, 1954- 1989
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Police are looking into the likelihood that the knifing was a terror attack, but have not ruled out other motivations.
JTA - Recent News 2009
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Police are looking into the likelihood that the knifing was a terror attack, but have not ruled out other motivations.
JTA - Recent News 2009
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I found the biggest problem was line "knifing" down into the spooled line.
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I found the biggest problem was line "knifing" down into the spooled line.
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Is this early for this kind of knifing in the back?
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Mike Settles of the EPA said that at first, the material was being sprayed on top of the fields, but neighbors complained that the smell was unbearable, so the process of "knifing" the material into the soil began.
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While the feral scum are on the street knifing, hammering, tormenting and glassing members of the public government will keep insisting ‘cases like this are statistically very rare and unusual’.
Take A Deep Breath….. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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