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Stabbing A stabbing is penetration or rough contact with a sharp or pointed object at close range. ''Stab'' connotes purposeful action, as by an assassin or murderer, but it is also possible to accidentally stab oneself or others. Stabbing differs from ...

, penetration or contact with a sharp object *

Stab, Kentucky Stab is an unincorporated community in Pulaski County, Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders ...

, US *

Stab (b-boy move) The stab is a breakdance technique necessary to perform many downrock and power moves. It is not a distinct move, but is incorporated into many breakdance moves including the turtle, cricket, jackhammer, crab-walk, hand glide, some versions of t ...

, a breakdance technique *

Stab (music) In music, a stab is a single staccato note or chord that adds dramatic punctuation to a composition. Stabs are usually provided by horns (real or synthesized), thus the term horn stab, or an orchestral sample and usually occur on a 1-beat. Stabs ar ...

, an element in musical composition *

Stab (Luftwaffe designation) The German language term ''Stab'' (literal translation: "staff") was used during World War II to designate a headquarters unit of the German ''Luftwaffe'' (air force). There were ''Stab'' units at the level of a '' Gruppe'' or ''Geschwader'' &n ...

, during World War II, a German designation for command aircraft or headquarters units *

Johann Stab Johannes Stabius (Johann Stab) (1450–1522) was an Austrian cartographer and astronomer of Vienna who developed, around 1500, the heart-shape (cordiform) projection map later developed further by Johannes Werner. It is called the '' Werner map p ...

, Johannes Stabius (1450–1522), Austrian cartographer *''Stab'', the film-within-a-film from the ''Scream'' franchise *"Stab", a song by Built to Spill from ''

There's Nothing Wrong with Love ''There's Nothing Wrong with Love'' is the second full-length album released by American indie rock band Built to Spill.''There's Nothing Wrong with Love'' was recorded in May and June 1994, and released September 13, 1994, on the Up Records lab ...

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Sodium triacetoxyborohydride Sodium triacetoxyborohydride, also known as sodium triacetoxyhydroborate, commonly abbreviated STAB, is a chemical compound with the formula Na(CH3COO)3BH. Like other borohydrides, it is used as a reducing agent in organic synthesis. This colourle ...

, a reducing agent used in organic synthesis * St. Anne's-Belfield School, a college preparatory school in Charlottesville, Virginia, US *Same-type attack bonus, a scoring element in the gameplay of ''Pokémon'' video games *

Symbol table In computer science, a symbol table is a data structure used by a language translator such as a compiler or interpreter, where each identifier (or symbols), constants, procedures and functions in a program's source code is associated with info ...

, a data structure used by a language translator *

Stab jacket A buoyancy compensator (BC), also called a buoyancy control device (BCD), stabilizer, stabilisor, stab jacket, wing or adjustable buoyancy life jacket (ABLJ), depending on design, is a type of diving equipment which is worn by divers to establis ...

or buoyancy compensator, a piece of diving equipment * Stabilizer (aircraft) *

Strike Assault Boat The Strike Assault Boat (STAB) (also known as the SEAL Team Assault Boat), was a fast and heavily armed riverine assault boat developed by the United States Navy for use in the Vietnam War in 1970. History The STAB was a highly modified version ...

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