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Recent Examples of Synonyms for switch knife
Noun
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When the Republican Charles Sumner was struck down by a Southerner on the Senate floor, Raymond’s paper called for armed resistance by pistol, bludgeon, and bowie knife, if necessary.—
Matthew Karp,
Harpers Magazine,
29 Apr. 2025 -
The speaker that February night was Cassius Marcellus Clay, a bold and brawling Kentucky abolitionist, equally skilled with a stump speech and a bowie knife.—
Jon Grinspan,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Apr. 2024
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And then, to drive the dagger into Michaela even more, Simone walks down the stairs in a stunning pale blue dress that Michaela had made for her.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
22 May 2025
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Brunson’s shot — a cold-blooded pull-up three with the season hanging in the balance — was the dagger that sent New York to its third straight second-round appearance.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
2 May 2025
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Baca, who has been leading these workshops since 2011, recalled a moment from one: Everett Cox, a Vietnam War veteran who had kept away from everything military for decades, responded to a prompt of action verbs by expertly stabbing and slashing with an invisible bayonet.—
Dina Litovsky,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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Prosecutors showed the jury photos of victims with scars left by objects including a bayonet, a burning cigarette and ropes.—
Colleen Slevin,
Denver Post,
15 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The knife was attached to a cable and measured to be seemingly less than an inch away from Cruise’s eyeball.—
Skyler Trepel,
People.com,
25 May 2025
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Two suspects reportedly ran up on the officer, threatened him with a knife and beat him, breaking his orbital bone.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
24 May 2025
Noun
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There, several members yanked Junior out of the deli and butchered him with knives and a machete.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
31 May 2025
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Marshall Roper still has a scar on his face from where he was slashed by a machete during the invasion of his tobacco farm in 2000.—
Ish Mafundikwa,
Christian Science Monitor,
30 May 2025
Noun
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While the Swiss Army knife and similar pocketknives were banned after 9/11, in recent years, some policy changes, such as by the FAA, now allow small knives on commercial planes.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2025
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The Swiss Army knife is a multitool pocketknife originally made by Victorinox.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
7 May 2025
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“Switch knife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/switch%20knife. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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