knifings
Violent blade assaults
Knifings are violent attacks with knives, or instances of being stabbed.
The word appears most often in news reports about urban violence: Three knifings in the same neighborhood this month.
A single such attack is a knifing: The knifing left two people hospitalized.
Wounding with a blade
- slashingCutting with force
- gashingCreating deep lacerations
- piercingPenetrating or very sharp
- woundingCausing physical injury
cutting · thrusting · jabbing · plunging · slicing · lacerating · incising · skewering
Torn, ragged wound
- stab woundInjury from piercing
- gashDeep, ragged incision
- woundCoiled, or an injury
- punctureHole from penetration
slash · incision · cut · perforation · hemorrhage · bleeding · trauma · piercing
Killing and wounding
- brutalitySavage, merciless behavior
- savageryExtreme, violent cruelty
- aggressionHostile or attacking behavior
- attackAggressive act against another
ferocity · viciousness · frenzy · rage · rampage · spree · outbreak · epidemic
Causing another's death
- murderDeliberate unlawful killing
- manslaughterUnlawful killing without forethought
- felonySerious criminal offense
- perpetratorOne who commits wrongdoing
defendant · prosecution · indictment · arraignment · sentencing · conviction · incarceration · accomplice
stabbing
Wounding with a blade
wounding · cutting · thrusting · jabbing · plunging · slicing · lacerating · incising · skewering · impaling
laceration
Torn, ragged wound
- stab woundInjury from piercing
- gashDeep, ragged incision
- woundCoiled, or an injury
puncture · slash · incision · cut · perforation · hemorrhage · bleeding · trauma · piercing · tear
bloodshed
Killing and wounding
- brutalitySavage, merciless behavior
- savageryExtreme, violent cruelty
- aggressionHostile or attacking behavior
attack · ferocity · viciousness · frenzy · rage · rampage · spree · outbreak · epidemic · wave
homicide
Causing another's death
- murderDeliberate unlawful killing
- manslaughterUnlawful killing without forethought
- felonySerious criminal offense
perpetrator · defendant · prosecution · indictment · arraignment · sentencing · conviction · incarceration · accomplice · forensics
knifingsshootings
Discharges of firearms
gunfire · bombings · beatings · strangulations · poisonings
knifingshealings
Restorations to wellness
rescues · lifesaving · peace · nonviolence · surgeries