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the crime of caring so little about someone's insides staying inside.
means a wound inflicted by pushing a pointed weapon into a body, as opposed to slashing or shooting.
from from old english stabban, related to stubb (stump) — originally meant jabbing with something short and blunt before it narrowed to bladed violence.
most common weaponkitchen knives, not designed blades
forensics tellwound shape reveals blade width, angle, depth
survival factorlocation matters more than wound count
for instance
malcolm x — 1965 assassination involved gunfire, not stabbing, commonly misremembered
et tu brute — caesar's betrayal became shorthand for the act itself