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Recent Examples of Synonyms for switch knife
Noun
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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
Noun
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Keep folding knives closed or sheath knives when not in use.—
Popular Science,
Popular Science,
14 Apr. 2020
Noun
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Marlowe, lounging behind Frizer, grabbed Frizer’s dagger and struck him in the head; Frizer snatched it back and returned the compliment.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Ildemaro Vargas’ third home run of the year was the dagger.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
7 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
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For one moment, Tex Watson, armed with a gun and a bayonet, turned his back, and Sebring charged him.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
9 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Bald Knob police responded to a disturbance call at the food truck and found that two men had been arguing when one of them stabbed the other with a knife multiple times, Bald Knob police Chief Larry House said.—
Rafael Escalera Montoto,
Arkansas Online,
3 Sep. 2025
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The officer who shot the projectiles could be heard saying a knife was by Ellis' shoulder and the hatchet was by his legs.—
Elena Santa Cruz,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The man and woman were assaulted, according to police, and they were both stabbed multiple times with a machete.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Man, ever since Ashley Olsen took a machete hiking, there have been no rules.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
26 Aug. 2025
Noun
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When the juveniles returned to take a picture of the vehicle’s license plate, Mumme allegedly exited the building and confronted them with a pocketknife, police said.—
Gloria Casas,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
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Inside his bag was a homemade explosive device, binoculars, a pocketknife and a torch lighter.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
23 July 2025
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“Switch knife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/switch%20knife. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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