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poniard

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verb

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poniard
Noun
  • Like, there’s a chick pushing a he-man out of the way and drawing a dagger to go at a T-Rex.
    Steve Appleford, SPIN, 29 June 2026
  • After Jude Bellingham netted Saturday’s first goal in the 62nd minute — snapping an England scoring drought that had lasted for more than three halves — Bellingham set up Kane’s header, which served as the dagger.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 28 June 2026
Verb
  • This works best for larger pike fillets (pike in the 22-inch to 30-inch range).
    Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Don't let your hips drop or pike up; pull your belly button up toward your spine and push the floor away from you with your hands.
    Mallory Creveling, Health, 3 Sep. 2023
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
Verb
  • Then Kekere-Ekun will quill piece by piece using colored paper, ribbons and parts of canvases before it's eventually completed.
    CNN, CNN, 2 Nov. 2022
  • For six weeks last summer the DC-8 and a pair of Twin Otters similarly quilled with atmospheric-sampling instruments flew through more than 100 different columns.
    Kyle Dickman, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2020
Noun
  • The knife went through it with ease, and the mix of sweet cinnamon and savory chicken just worked perfectly together.
    Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 30 June 2026
  • About 15 minutes before the police found the victims, a man flagged down a Lauderhill officer to report that someone armed with a knife tried to attack him, according to police.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • The Test Kitchen prefers perforated grill baskets ($30, Amazon).
    Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 June 2026
  • This fat line fed a series of narrower pipes in the tower, which ran along the corners of every floor, wall, and ceiling, and were perforated to spray gas into the rooms.
    Will Mackin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
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
Verb
  • Now another boom, AI, has thrust him back into the three-comma club.
    Kirk Ogunrinde, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • On board, the crew prepared to thrust heaving lines over the white hull of this historic 295-foot behemoth.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 1 July 2026
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“Poniard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poniard. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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