as in poniard
a sharp pointed knife that is used as a weapon
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Recent Examples of dagger
Digwa was convicted of murder for stabbing Nowak with a Sikh dagger and sentenced last week to life in prison with a minimum 21-year term.
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ABC News, 10 June 2026
However, Smith delivered a 10-foot dagger putt that secured a birdie and the championship.
—Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 1 June 2026
But the award has to go to Matheus Cunha’s long-range dagger — a dramatic late winner curled past Gabriel’s desperate lunge and David Raya’s despairing dive into the bottom corner — to set the away crowd into rapturous applause.
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 26 May 2026
The Blue Jays have plenty to reflect on after the opening loss, not to mention a season that has not met expectations, but perhaps the sharpest dagger of the game came courtesy of Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr.
—Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
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ABC News, 10 June 2026
However, Smith delivered a 10-foot dagger putt that secured a birdie and the championship.
—Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 1 June 2026
But the award has to go to Matheus Cunha’s long-range dagger — a dramatic late winner curled past Gabriel’s desperate lunge and David Raya’s despairing dive into the bottom corner — to set the away crowd into rapturous applause.
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 26 May 2026
The Blue Jays have plenty to reflect on after the opening loss, not to mention a season that has not met expectations, but perhaps the sharpest dagger of the game came courtesy of Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr.
—Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dagger
Noun
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This includes openly carrying the famous Jim Bowie knife, as well as daggers, dirks, throwing knives, stilettos, poniards, swords, machetes and spears.—
John Tufts,
USA TODAY,
30 Aug. 2017
Noun
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In all three cases, the light-saber-like lighting unit itself quickly attaches/detaches to and from a bayonet mount at the rear end of the main bracket.—
Ben Coxworth
May 15,
New Atlas,
15 May 2026
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The assailant stabbed the pope with a bayonet, but the assassination attempt was unsuccessful.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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According to several social media posts on X, someone reportedly brandishing a machete was allegedly shot by an officer or officers.—
Kairi Lowery,
Miami Herald,
21 June 2026
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Shede Mao, 55, is accused in a criminal complaint and police affidavit of using a machete and dumbbells to slash and bludgeon the 49-year-old victim, whose name had not been formally released by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office as of Wednesday.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
17 June 2026
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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
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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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Ballet pink stiletto nails narrow to an airbrushed nude point, with leopard spots and silver chrome stars.—
Ariel Wodarcyk,
InStyle,
23 June 2026
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Christian Louboutin’s Miss Z pumps covered the foot in mirror-bright Vintage Rose laminated calf leather, narrowing into a tapered point above a 100mm stiletto and the house’s red sole.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
22 June 2026
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Police said Johnson was on probation for a previous conviction for possession of a dirk or dagger at the time of his arrest.—
Tim Fang,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Additionally, one person was arrested on suspicion of possessing a dirk or dagger, police said.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
29 Mar. 2026
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By Ali Wunderman June 28, 2021 The Most Dangerous Animals in the World Horns, fangs, and switchblade faces can all be found on these deadly creatures.—
Hannah Towey,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Apr. 2026
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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
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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
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The teen said Katz had bought him a spinning ring and a pocketknife and gifts for his siblings that included a Nintendo Switch.—
Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
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“Dagger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dagger. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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