as in poniard
a sharp pointed knife that is used as a weapon
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Recent Examples of dagger
And who has the new dagger advantage?
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Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 Jan. 2026
Patrick drives his dagger into Huw’s chest just as the cops show.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Uzan’s 3 would serve as the dagger; TCU didn’t get closer than seven points in the final three minutes.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Jan. 2026
Charged up Luka Doncic’s balletic step-through to beat a double team and layup a soft finger roll was the offensive dagger that slayed his former team.
—Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
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Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 Jan. 2026
Patrick drives his dagger into Huw’s chest just as the cops show.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Uzan’s 3 would serve as the dagger; TCU didn’t get closer than seven points in the final three minutes.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Jan. 2026
Charged up Luka Doncic’s balletic step-through to beat a double team and layup a soft finger roll was the offensive dagger that slayed his former team.
—Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dagger
Noun
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This includes openly carrying the famous Jim Bowie knife, as well as daggers, dirks, throwing knives, stilettos, poniards, swords, machetes and spears.—
John Tufts,
USA TODAY,
30 Aug. 2017
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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The suspect continued to walk toward an officer with the machete, and the officer fired his weapon.—
Kyle Werner,
Des Moines Register,
4 Feb. 2026
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Security cameras showed the suspect swinging the machete and breaking the glass front door.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
21 Jan. 2026
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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.—
Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Atossa Araxia Abrahamian,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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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.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 May 2024
Noun
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Christian Louboutin released their Pigalle stiletto in the fall 2004 collection.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
6 Feb. 2026
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The city has a glam reputation, but no one is actually wearing toothpick-thin stilettos like on Emily in Paris, especially in the winter.—
Lane Nieset,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Jan. 2026
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Richardson was originally charged in Orange County with a felony count of criminal threats, a felony count of possessing brass knuckles, a felony count of possessing a dirk or dagger, and a misdemeanor count of possession of a large-capacity magazine.—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
26 Sep. 2025
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He has been charged on suspicion of committing three felonies, making criminal threats, possession of brass knuckles and possession of a dirk or dagger, Orange County prosecutors said in a criminal complaint.—
David K. Li,
NBC news,
4 Sep. 2025
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The organization Knife Rights and other plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in 2023 in San Diego federal court challenging California’s switchblade prohibition.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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Davis stabbed the father eight times with a switchblade in the stomach, face, neck and arm, and the victim’s wife called 911, prosecutors said.—
Addison Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
2 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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“Dagger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dagger. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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