Antonyms for dagger
ˈdæg ərdag·ger

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1. dagger, stickernoun

   a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing

   Synonyms:
   thorn, spikelet, paster, spine, pricker, poser, sticker, toughie, stumper, prickle, gummed label, obelisk

2. dagger, obelisknoun

   a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote

   Synonyms:
   sticker, obelisk

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1. daggernoun

   Synonyms:
   stiletto, poniard, bowie knife, dirk, obelisk

How to use dagger in a sentence?

1. Stephen Curry:

   At home in the fourth quarter, I felt like we could go for that dagger punch and didn't really put any pressure on the defense, that's something that is tough to kind of swallow with the opportunity we had in front of us.

2. William Shakespeare:

   Thy words, I grant are bigger, for I wear not, my dagger in my mouth.

3. David Horowitz:

   Sanctuary campuses are not only part of a radical attack on America’s social, political, and educational establishment but a dagger aimed at the rule of law and the nation’s safety.

4. Bettina Tremmel:

   The discovery of the dagger was emotional. We were lost for words, imagine: Though thousands of Roman soldiers were stationed in Haltern over almost 15 years or more, there are only a few finds of weapons, especially complete and intact ones.

5. Sally Thompson:

   In Burma, everything was cloak and dagger, you didn't leave a paper trail, for your own protection. You didn't talk about things openly, you didn't share information because you couldn't trust anybody.

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