BLADELIKE Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

bladelike

adjective

as in knifelike

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But a little more than a minute after launch, the shuttle exploded, sending jagged plumes across the sky creating an image that would be seared into collective memory.

— Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026
Unlike oyster mushrooms, however, hen of the woods have a darker brown hue and the edges of the mushrooms are more scalloped and jagged than rounded.

— Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of jagged

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Still, even with the Justice Department approving the WBD merger late last week without any concessions, the Paramount Skydance’s CEO’s happy face masked some spikey obstacles to the merger from overseas and in state houses over Ellison’s strategic bear hug with the ex-Apprentice host.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 15 June 2026
This will be a bumper quarter for oil and gas shareholders, who have always learned to stick it out through the doldrums for spikey periods like this.

— Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 19 Mar. 2026

Definition of spiky

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To simulate thwarting advances by enemy forces using the bridge, soldiers erected layers of barriers and rolled barbed wire.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Another drone created a smoke screen while still more blasted through triple-layered barbed wire.

— Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2026

Definition of barbed

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Gale said the two-pronged committee will incorporate recommendations that can be included in agreements for phases of the project that still need approval from the city.

— Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
This has always been a two-pronged answer, made possible by a single offseason move.

— Sam McDowell July 31, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026

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