Thesaurus results for BOWIE KNIFE

bowie knife

noun

Definition of bowie knife

as in sheath knife

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Recent Examples of bowie knife 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 There’s a reason bowie knives were developed to be fighting knives. — Jace Bauserman, Field & Stream, 19 July 2023 Adams recklessly tossed aside his rifle and jumped down a bank to chase the wolf with his bowie knife. — Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, 7 July 2018 During a mob scene, Thumbelina stabs one of the movie’s villains with a bowie knife before jumping on a table and mowing down the police with a machine gun. — Matthew Sedacca, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2018

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Noun

True to form, Bladee’s daggers land with a delivery as sweet and honeyed as mead in his ethereal voice.

— Vogue, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2026
The dagger goal with which Gotham FC sunk the record-breaking KC Current in 2025 was out of the second phase of a set piece.

— Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026

Definition of dagger

Noun

Both his suggestion and the jolly appreciation seem out of tune with the situation ‘far from home’, which may be a military manoeuvre involving mock battles and bayonet practice, or a preparation for actual combat.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026
One of the standout features of these new headphones is their special locking cable, which uses a secure bayonet connection that’s designed to stay firmly attached during use.

— Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Definition of bayonet

Noun

In that version of his death, he’s killed by a knife sent flying in his direction by Bellatrix Lestrange after rescuing Harry and his friends from Malfoy Manor.

— Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2026
Writer-director Jesse Eisenberg (A Real Pain, NYFF62), who also wrote the show’s music and lyrics, keeps things expertly balanced on a knife’s edge between musical theater satire and cathartic character study.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of knife

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The impossible-to-murder pair chase each other with a machete, shotgun, and chainsaw throughout the fantastically campy film, which pays homage to the classics like Death Becomes Her.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2026
Gay then allegedly returned to his vehicle and came back with a machete in its sheath.

— Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of machete

Noun

If the trade does go through as is, then other questions about the Raptors sprout up — namely, what is to come of RJ Barrett, the 26-year-old switchblade entering the final season of his contract and eligible for an extension this summer.

— Fred Katz, New York Times, 16 July 2026
It’s been a quarter century since the mostly Canadian supergroup New Pornographers sprang from the florid imagination of Carl Newman, a pop savant with an angel’s voice and switchblade wit.

— Elizabeth Nelson, Pitchfork, 8 Apr. 2026

Definition of switchblade

Noun

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
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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