switch knives

Definition of switch knivesnext
plural of switch knife

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for switch knives
Noun
  • 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.
    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
Noun
  • 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
  • Soldiers were known to use bayonets, rocks, and even gunfire to get their cans open.
    Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Maria Bear, the founder of The Baer Minimalist, has been happy with her decision to add an insert for knives into her drawers in lieu of keeping a knife block on the counter.
    Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 13 Apr. 2026
  • There’s a messy murder and then there’s the kitchen which seems, between the knives, the boiling, slicing, cutting and dicing, a most dangerous place.
    Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Vanli notes that the company has submitted an RFI to the US Coast Guard for light and medium ice cutters, addressing fleet modernization requirements in the Great Lakes region.
    NIa Bowers, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The three-time MVP stood upright, pointing at cutters.
    Fred Katz, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
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“Switch knives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/switch%20knives. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.

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