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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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Darnold’s third-quarter touchdown pass to Cooper Kupp — formerly Stafford’s favorite target and the MVP of the Rams’ Super LVI victory — proved to be the dagger.—
Peter Sblendorio,
Hartford Courant,
26 Jan. 2026
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Bronco with a bullseye In the divisional round against Houston, Maye delivered the dagger with a 32-yard touchdown pass to Kayshon Boutte.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
23 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Forty-five degree angle with your bayonet, go through the soil, find, find, find, dink dink.—
Tracy Smith,
CBS News,
18 Jan. 2026
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The law prohibits the sale and distribution of screw-base and bayonet-base compact fluorescent lamps.—
Center Square,
The Washington Examiner,
1 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Court documents say Shade removed the knife from the scene of the stabbing and discarded it in the parking lot to hide from police.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
1 Feb. 2026
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Becoming a master of quadruple jumps that no one else can land, rising with all the ease of a young Michael Jordan—before landing on a pair of butcher knives, on ice.—
Sally Jenkins,
The Atlantic,
1 Feb. 2026
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Security cameras captured the suspect swinging the machete and shattering the glass while the owner tried to hold the doors closed.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
21 Jan. 2026
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In that incident, officers were called to the Walmart after a man with a machete was seen in the pharmacy area, according to the GBI.—
Alexis Stevens,
AJC.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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Police said Gregory then pulled out a pocketknife, threatened to stab the juvenile and began stealing a PlayStation console and controllers.—
Garrett Behanna,
CBS News,
18 Jan. 2026
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Investigators said Moore approached Loncharich in a store aisle and stabbed her in the back with a pocketknife.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
1 Jan. 2026
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“Switch knife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/switch%20knife. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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