as in poniard
a sharp pointed knife that is used as a weapon
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Recent Examples of dagger
The sentiment felt like a dagger, striking with unbearable pain.
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Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
Rohan Nadkarni That feels like a possible first-half dagger.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2025
The pieces were indicative of the people living in the area at the time, with the elements carefully carved into scrapers, axes and dagger blades, according to the release.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
Jake Middleton’s injury has been a dagger to the back end and the Wild’s overall transition and defensive game, but the good news is Eriksson Ek is closing in on a return soon after the break.
—Michael Russo, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
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Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
Rohan Nadkarni That feels like a possible first-half dagger.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2025
The pieces were indicative of the people living in the area at the time, with the elements carefully carved into scrapers, axes and dagger blades, according to the release.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
Jake Middleton’s injury has been a dagger to the back end and the Wild’s overall transition and defensive game, but the good news is Eriksson Ek is closing in on a return soon after the break.
—Michael Russo, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dagger
Noun
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President Herbert Hoover deployed about 3,500 Army soldiers, in addition to police, to remove the veterans with tear gas, bayonets, and by setting fire to their camps, the VA said.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
22 Jan. 2025
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Three Humvees, more than a dozen bayonets and other items were taken from a storage warehouse and parking lot at the Army Reserve Center in Tustin this week, and the thieves remain at large, police announced Friday.—
City News Service,
Orange County Register,
12 Jan. 2025
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Kevin Torres, David Sosa-Guevara, and Victor Lopez-Morales admitted to using machetes and guns in brutal killings carried out across Long Island, with each defendant now facing decades in federal prison.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Jan. 2025
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Their group was known for extreme brutality and violence, including the murder of two Brentwood High School girls with a machete and a baseball bat.—
Michael Ruiz,
Fox News,
16 Jan. 2025
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The workers blamed Landi — who was still in charge — for their troubles, and an image of Landi posing, pirate-style, with a cartoon-villain expression and a cutlass between his teeth became a symbol for Eutelia’s misdeeds.—
Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Atossa Araxia Abrahamian,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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The ultimate prop was the pirate flag, which could be decorated with a skull and crossbones (as in the classic Jolly Roger design), bleeding hearts, hourglasses, spears, cutlasses and skeletons.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 May 2024
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It's been a few years since the last James Bond movie hit theaters, but Saweetie is ready to step into the stilettos of legendary Bond Girls before her with this ultra-sharp bob.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
9 Dec. 2024
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And of course, killer boots: thigh-high stilettos, and the aforementioned cowboy kind.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
4 Jan. 2025
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Carry concealed dirk or dagger – 400 block of Santa Fe Drive, 11:12 a.m. DUI – 0 block of La Costa Avenue, 3:32 a.m.—
Luke Harold,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Jan. 2025
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California, which is also in the Ninth Circuit, bans the possession of an even wider assortment of bladed weapons, including dirks, daggers, ballistic knives, belt buckle knives, lipstick case knives, cane swords, and more.—
Matt Ford,
The New Republic,
9 Aug. 2023
Noun
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Why did federal agents seize — and then return — $5 million worth of switchblades from a Colorado man?—
Parker Gabriel,
The Denver Post,
10 Jan. 2025
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Led by vocalist Christina Michelle’s hair-raising screams, Deep Sage mangles everything in its path with thick basslines and switchblade guitars until the floor is bloodied but the air, at long last, is cleansed.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
4 Dec. 2024
Noun
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At the Williamsburg International Airport in Virginia, a pocketknife was found shoved inside someone’s shoe.—
Lauren Irwin,
The Hill,
9 Jan. 2025
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After all, what says hardcore quite like amputating your own fingertip with a pocketknife?—
Sarah Goodman,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2025
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Icke also occasionally cues up some Bob Dylan songs, chosen for their on-the-bodkin lyrics.—
Helen Shaw,
Vulture,
30 June 2022
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Punishment for cursing or disparaging a clergyman was having a bodkin — a large needle — driven through the tongue.—
Michael E. Ruane,
Washington Post,
27 Oct. 2017
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“Dagger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dagger. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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