knifelike

adjective

: resembling or suggesting a knife:

a

: having a sharp edge or ridge

a knifelike ridge of land

a narrow knifelike profile

b

: keen and incisive

icy knifelike reasoning

c

: sharp and penetrating : piercing

knifelike pains

a knifelike cold

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