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dagger

noun as in knife

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But there is something to be learned by the cloak-and-dagger world from Yousef and Ben Yitzhak.

As soon as he sees her, Shae reaches for a dagger, and Tyrion pounces on her, strangling her to death with her own necklace.

The dagger tattooed on his cheek conveys a menacing persona.

A rapier and a dagger found on the Thames foreshore show us that swordfights routinely broke out on the streets of London.

Disney's key contact was the consummate cloak-and-dagger operator, William "Wild Bill" Donovan.

The governor placed a dagger to his breast in order to get him to tell what he knew of his wife.

If the hunter venture to come close to such a monster, and his dagger fail to pierce the vital spot, there is no help for him.

On the word, he struck Comyn with his dagger, and some of his companions completed the crime with their swords before the altar.

But for the dagger on which he caught its edge, the blade had assuredly pierced the captain's heart.

He received the blow on his arm, grappled with the assassin, and throwing him on the ground despatched him with his own dagger.

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On this page you'll find 22 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to dagger, such as: bayonet, blade, sword, bodkin, cutlass, and dirk.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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