: having a blade or blades—often used in combination
5-bladed propeller
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Competing claims by Beijing and Manila have become increasingly contentious in the past few years, including violent clashes between their coast guards with water cannons and, in one case, bladed weapons.—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025 The three were: the original stunt lightsaber prop used by Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi, as well as an original bladed lightsaber prop used by Liam Neeson as Qui-Gon Jinn and an original lightsaber hilt prop, screen-used by Darth Maul (played by Ray Park) in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.—Angela Andaloro, People.com, 29 July 2025 Sheriff's deputies shot and killed a man in Guadalupe who held a bladed weapon and fled from an earlier collision in Tempe on July 14.—Michelle Cruz, AZCentral.com, 14 July 2025 Deputies fatally shot a 15-year-old in Apple Valley, California, in March who was allegedly armed with a bladed gardening tool.—Ash-Har Quraishi, CBS News, 28 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for bladed
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