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as in swords
a hand weapon with a length of metal sharpened on one or both sides and usually tapered to a sharp point
dueled with blades rather than guns
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as in knives
an instrument with a metal length that has a sharp edge for cutting
used a small blade to cut the rope
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Recent Examples of blades
Two knives with what appeared to be blood on their blades were found in the living room.
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Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2026
If the edges of the clippers have dulled, wiping down the blades with WD-40.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 10 Feb. 2026
The two then engage in an intense and intimate battle of fists and blades, culminating in Ashur delivering a fatal blow to the mighty Caesar.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 7 Feb. 2026
For Deodorizing Drain Using slices of lemon is an easy trick for keeping the blades of an in-sink garbage disposal clear of debris and grime and creating a fresh scent in the sink area.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026
Like sailboats, ice boats are wind-powered, but sit upon three ice blades.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2026
The blades can also take a frustratingly long time to reach their full speed.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 5 Feb. 2026
Unlike traditional high-bypass turbofan engines, open-fan designs feature exposed fan blades, allowing for larger diameters with lower aerodynamic drag.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 2 Feb. 2026
The state defines switchblades as knives with blades 2 inches or longer that open automatically by the flick of a button, flip of the wrist, pressure on the handle or by gravity.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2026
If the edges of the clippers have dulled, wiping down the blades with WD-40.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 10 Feb. 2026
The two then engage in an intense and intimate battle of fists and blades, culminating in Ashur delivering a fatal blow to the mighty Caesar.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 7 Feb. 2026
For Deodorizing Drain Using slices of lemon is an easy trick for keeping the blades of an in-sink garbage disposal clear of debris and grime and creating a fresh scent in the sink area.
—Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026
Like sailboats, ice boats are wind-powered, but sit upon three ice blades.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2026
The blades can also take a frustratingly long time to reach their full speed.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 5 Feb. 2026
Unlike traditional high-bypass turbofan engines, open-fan designs feature exposed fan blades, allowing for larger diameters with lower aerodynamic drag.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 2 Feb. 2026
The state defines switchblades as knives with blades 2 inches or longer that open automatically by the flick of a button, flip of the wrist, pressure on the handle or by gravity.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blades
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Little would the playwright have imagined that something yet to be invented called social media would one day be more powerful than swords, bullets and bombs.—
Sandeep Gopalan,
Baltimore Sun,
3 Feb. 2026
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Fire in all its forms, literal and figurative and symbolic—the consuming ardor of desire, the irreversible incinerations of loss, the flaming swords of Genesis—is the central subject of Kelly Hoffer’s second collection Fire Series.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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Meantime, outflows both from both software and crypto (an asset class most correlated with unprofitable tech stocks) grew excessive until the savage software/bitcoin selloff hit an extreme Thursday, when money came sloshing in to catch the falling knives.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
9 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.—
Stephanie Bai,
The Atlantic,
8 Feb. 2026
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Cable-cutters can also tune into the NFL championship through a variety of Live TV streamers with access to NBC, such as DirecTV, Hulu + Live TV and Sling TV (in select markets).—
Anna Tingley,
Variety,
8 Feb. 2026
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Multiple aircraft, cutters and small boats searched 1,047 square miles over 24 hours, finding debris near the location where the EPIRB was activated, along with one body and an unoccupied life raft that had been deployed.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Blades.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blades. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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