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Synonyms for knife
naɪf; naɪvzknife

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  1. knifenoun

    edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle

    Synonyms:
    tongue

  2. knifenoun

    a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point

    Synonyms:
    tongue

  3. tongue, knifeverb

    any long thin projection that is transient

    "tongues of flame licked at the walls"; "rifles exploded quick knives of fire into the dark"

    Synonyms:
    tongue, natural language, glossa, lingua, spit, clapper

  4. knife, stabverb

    use a knife on

    "The victim was knifed to death"

    Synonyms:
    prod, dig, stab, poke, jab

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  1. List of paraphrases for "knife":

    knives, blade, dagger, shiv, messer, scalpel, cutter, stab, razor, dao

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  1. List of known nicknames for "Knife":

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How to use knife in a sentence?

  1. Jonathan Fischer:

    If someone was to try and break into my home, and especially if someone were armed, I don’t want to fight back with a kitchen knife, and I don’t think that’s extremist or crazy.

  2. Scott C. Holstad:

    They gave me killer pills that knocked me on my ass for a few hours at least so I wouldn’t have to hear the godawful screaming. I’m exhausted and my blood boils and there’s nothing I can do. There was another life that seems so long ago and I try to reconstruct images, events, people, all just dreams tethered to the knife in my soul. This is my cross, my dagger, my napalm, my dance of the dead…

  3. Remy Heitz:

    Throughout this journey, he repeatedly opened fire with a handgun and used a knife which he both used to seriously injure and kill.

  4. Donald Trump on Thursday:

    So I have a belt: Somebody hits me with a belt, it's going in because the belt moves this way. It moves this way, it moves that way, he hit the belt buckle. Anybody have a knife? Want to try it on me? Believe me, it ain't gonna work. You're going to be successful, but he took the knife and went like this and he plunged it into the belt and, amazing, the belt stayed totally flat and the knife broke.

  5. Boris Johnson:

    We could have a Conservative majority government which will get Brexit done and unleash Britain's potential, this election is our chance to end the gridlock but the result is on a knife-edge.


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