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a sharp pointed knife that is used as a weapon
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Recent Examples of daggers
Many of the thousands of demonstrators taking to the streets brandished weapons including guns and daggers, while others waved Lebanese, Palestinian, Iranian and Hezbollah flags.
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Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2026
That was plenty of time for SGA to reach into his bag of daggers and go right back at the Nuggets.
—Zach Harper, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
Most of the crowd is talking quietly among themselves, oblivious to Trevor Yeakley’s gaze, except for two men staring daggers right back at him.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2026
Sam Hauser hit three of those six daggers early in the fourth and Derrick White hit two.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 20 Dec. 2025
Played with underdog vulnerability by the British actor, Father Jud opens his arms to everyone and gets daggers in return.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
This shop, which features striking geometric styles, is attached to a museum that holds more than 2,500 objects—textiles, coins, daggers, and jewelry—collected by the owners’ late father.
—Gayatri Shah, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025
There are the clever visual gags allowed by animation, like characters who quite literally shoot daggers at one another while locked in a glaring match; there are many jokes at the imperious, overconfident Marioneta’s expense.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 17 Aug. 2025
Only swords, axes, and daggers are permitted.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2026
That was plenty of time for SGA to reach into his bag of daggers and go right back at the Nuggets.
—Zach Harper, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
Most of the crowd is talking quietly among themselves, oblivious to Trevor Yeakley’s gaze, except for two men staring daggers right back at him.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2026
Sam Hauser hit three of those six daggers early in the fourth and Derrick White hit two.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 20 Dec. 2025
Played with underdog vulnerability by the British actor, Father Jud opens his arms to everyone and gets daggers in return.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
This shop, which features striking geometric styles, is attached to a museum that holds more than 2,500 objects—textiles, coins, daggers, and jewelry—collected by the owners’ late father.
—Gayatri Shah, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025
There are the clever visual gags allowed by animation, like characters who quite literally shoot daggers at one another while locked in a glaring match; there are many jokes at the imperious, overconfident Marioneta’s expense.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 17 Aug. 2025
Only swords, axes, and daggers are permitted.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for daggers
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Audiences are immersed in the horrors of the war, which was fought eyeball to eyeball by landless men wielding muskets, unreliable rifles and terrifying bayonets.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
16 Nov. 2025
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Soldiers were known to use bayonets, rocks, and even gunfire to get their cans open.—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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But Towns began Saturday’s playoff game as a facilitator, repeatedly looking for cutters rather than chasing his own shots.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
19 Apr. 2026
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Many of the different Kryptonite locks claim to be able to stand up to bolt cutters and other hand tools meant to defeat chains and locks.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The father-daughter duo posed with swords during a rare joint appearance.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
6 Apr. 2026
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In the biblical sequence Hanke invoked, the plowshares-into-swords moment is the penultimate act—the mobilization before the reckoning.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
3 Apr. 2026
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There is also a black ceramic bowl, fragments of obsidian, and several blades with the altar.—
Leigh Anne Miller,
ARTnews.com,
13 Apr. 2026
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Avocado pits, peach stones, and other hard fruit cores are far too tough for your disposal’s blades and can cause serious damage.—
Jamie Cuccinelli,
Martha Stewart,
12 Apr. 2026
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