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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.
—Jon Grinspan, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
Aside from their build, bowie knives serve multiple outdoor purposes.
—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
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
Aside from their build, bowie knives serve multiple outdoor purposes.
—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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Keep folding knives closed or sheath knives when not in use.—
Popular Science,
Popular Science,
14 Apr. 2020
Noun
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Like Cynthia notes, clearly the rift between Porsha and Shamea is bigger than the show, but from a viewer’s perspective, only one party continues to throw daggers.—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
15 June 2026
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Digwa was convicted of murder for stabbing Nowak with a Sikh dagger and sentenced last week to life in prison with a minimum 21-year term.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 June 2026
Noun
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In all three cases, the light-saber-like lighting unit itself quickly attaches/detaches to and from a bayonet mount at the rear end of the main bracket.—
Ben Coxworth
May 15,
New Atlas,
15 May 2026
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The assailant stabbed the pope with a bayonet, but the assassination attempt was unsuccessful.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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The employee was then stabbed in the stomach with a knife by Kierianna, prosecutors said.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
15 June 2026
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Now, Cecil always flies with the super slim bladeless pocket knife.—
Kristy Alpert,
Travel + Leisure,
14 June 2026
Noun
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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.—
Andy Buck,
CNN Money,
9 June 2026
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The teen said Katz had bought him a spinning ring and a pocketknife and gifts for his siblings that included a Nintendo Switch.—
Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
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Like Jason, Widow’s Bay’s Boogeyman sports a machete.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
15 June 2026
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Authorities also determined that Gallimore used his Gurkha Kukri-style machete to slash two vehicles parked at the scene and assaulted a separate individual during the incident, the sheriff’s office alleges.—
Maveah Griffith,
Charlotte Observer,
11 June 2026
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Events like Ball Without Billionaires seem to usher in a new chapter in activism – one in which solidarity might also be forged in stilettos.—
Eileen G'Sell,
The Conversation,
8 June 2026
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So to be fake pregnant in stilettos and chic corporate wear, with full beat, full Kris Jenner beat, was different.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
5 June 2026
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By Ali Wunderman June 28, 2021 The Most Dangerous Animals in the World Horns, fangs, and switchblade faces can all be found on these deadly creatures.—
Hannah Towey,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Apr. 2026
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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.—
Elizabeth Nelson,
Pitchfork,
8 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Bowie knife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bowie%20knife. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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