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

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
The delivery apps offer discovery and delivery for their 15% to 30% cut—a useful (if brutally expensive) tool for a family-run shop and a dagger to the pizza chains who once stood out by offering those services in-house.

— Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 20 July 2026

Definition of dagger

Noun

Back then, students halted studies to pick up rifles, muskets, and bayonets.

— Ira Porter, Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2026
The Continental Army went into the battle with a two-to-one advantage in numbers, but when most of the American militia crumbled in the face of a British bayonet charge, Pumphrey's unit was outnumbered, Wise says.

— Scott Neuman, NPR, 23 June 2026

Definition of bayonet

Noun

That case focused mostly on the details of the knife attack itself; the federal one delves more into questions of motive.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
Greek media reported the suspect had been brandishing a knife and threatening people before the attack, prompting a bystander to call police.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of knife

Noun

Police allegedly found a pocketknife on him and a gun in the vehicle.

— Mamie Bah, CBS News, 30 June 2026
Brown, 34, could face the death penalty in the killing of Zarutska, who was stabbed from behind with a pocketknife while seated and looking at her phone in an unprovoked attack on August 22, 2025.

— Andy Buck, CNN Money, 9 June 2026

Definition of pocketknife

Noun

Ballout was suspected of driving a van into a crowd near Berlin’s Pride festival Saturday night before apparently stabbing others with a machete in what authorities believe was an Islamic extremist terror attack.

— Geir Moulson, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026
Nagamallaiah ran toward the motel office while Cobos-Martinez chased after him with the machete, police have said.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026

Definition of machete

Noun

Her sleek new ‘do went perfectly with her preppy ensemble, which consisted of a navy Burberry trench coat and black suede stiletto boots.

— Hannah Malach, InStyle, 21 July 2026
The shoe style is Maison Christian Louboutin‘s contemporary take on the timeless stiletto sandal.

— Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 21 July 2026

Definition of stiletto

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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