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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dirks
Noun
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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
Noun
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Others just shrug, throw all their knives in the dishwasher week after week, and then toss them into a drawer.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
2 Sep. 2025
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Weapons of any kind (no knives or mace/pepper spray of any size).—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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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With Jokic orchestrating at the elbow or top of the arc, cutters find seams that few (or in some cases any) other passers have the ability to exploit.—
Joel Rush,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Today there was a lot more cutters inside to righties.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
23 Aug. 2025
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“Dirks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dirks. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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