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Recent Examples of bowie knife
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.
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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.
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Jon Grinspan,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Apr. 2024
There’s a reason bowie knives were developed to be fighting knives.
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Jace Bauserman,
Field & Stream,
19 July 2023
Adams recklessly tossed aside his rifle and jumped down a bank to chase the wolf with his bowie knife.
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Gary Kamiya,
SFChronicle.com,
7 July 2018
During a mob scene, Thumbelina stabs one of the movie’s villains with a bowie knife before jumping on a table and mowing down the police with a machine gun.
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Matthew Sedacca,
New York Times,
29 Mar. 2018
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
There’s a reason bowie knives were developed to be fighting knives.
—
Jace Bauserman,
Field & Stream,
19 July 2023
Adams recklessly tossed aside his rifle and jumped down a bank to chase the wolf with his bowie knife.
—
Gary Kamiya,
SFChronicle.com,
7 July 2018
During a mob scene, Thumbelina stabs one of the movie’s villains with a bowie knife before jumping on a table and mowing down the police with a machine gun.
—
Matthew Sedacca,
New York Times,
29 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bowie knife
Noun
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Like, there’s a chick pushing a he-man out of the way and drawing a dagger to go at a T-Rex.
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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.
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Back then, students halted studies to pick up rifles, muskets, and bayonets.
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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.
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The knife went through it with ease, and the mix of sweet cinnamon and savory chicken just worked perfectly together.
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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.
Noun
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Police allegedly found a pocketknife on him and a gun in the vehicle.
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Brown, 34, could face the death penalty in the killing of Zarutska, who was stabbed from behind with a pocketknife while seated and looking at her phone in an unprovoked attack on August 22, 2025.
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But one video posted to social media that appears to show a young man wielding a machete and counting down to the deadline has put migrants like Nyirenda on edge.
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After speaking with witnesses, officers learned that the man was involved in a verbal and physical argument with a woman and dragged her down the street while being armed with a machete.
Noun
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The $850 style is cut higher on the foot than a low-vamp pump, with a dramatic point, slim 100mm stiletto and small JC emblem at the back.
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Brown accessorized with stiletto sandals, tiny gold hoops, and a patterned headscarf, wearing her brunette waves loose.
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It’s been a quarter century since the mostly Canadian supergroup New Pornographers sprang from the florid imagination of Carl Newman, a pop savant with an angel’s voice and switchblade wit.
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Forrest removed the cap of one and found a switchblade.
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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.
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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.
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“Bowie knife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bowie%20knife. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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