daggers

noun

plural of dagger
as in bayonets
a sharp pointed knife that is used as a weapon

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Recent Examples of daggers A couple of daggers to the heart doomed both the Ravens and the Bills last winter. — Mike Jones, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026 The painting, now owned by MoMA, shows a mélange of people—soldiers, civilians, field workers—and animals, as well as daggers. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 27 Aug. 2026 The story delivers tender and tragic daggers to the heart through a series of unsettling encounters that expose the awkwardness of puberty. — Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026 True to form, Bladee’s daggers land with a delivery as sweet and honeyed as mead in his ethereal voice. — Vogue, 14 Aug. 2026 In his first international meeting with England, Messi had a pair of assists on two late-match daggers that pierced through the hearts of Three Lions’ players and supporters. — Gavin Godfrey, AJC.com, 16 July 2026 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 There will be mass hallucinations, legal exorcisms, shady book launderers, and scarlet daggers. — Willa Rubin, NPR, 1 May 2026 Many of the thousands of demonstrators taking to the streets brandished weapons including guns and daggers, while others waved Lebanese, Palestinian, Iranian and Hezbollah flags. — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 5 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for daggers
  1. bayonets
  2. cutters
  3. swords
  4. blades
Noun
  • Back then, students halted studies to pick up rifles, muskets, and bayonets.
    — Ira Porter, Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2026
  • Guard members had tried to disperse the crowd with tear gas and had advanced toward the protesters with bayonets affixed to their rifles.
    — USA Today, USA Today, 4 May 2026
Definition of bayonets
Noun
  • The 1,680-ton tunnel-boring machine unveiled Monday is nearly the length of two football fields and armed with cutters harder than diamonds.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Cable-cutters can also stream the fest live online through a variety of live TV streamers such as DirecTV (which offers a 5-day free trial) and Sling TV.
    — Isabelle Farina, Variety, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of cutters
Noun
  • While Star Wars might be known for laser swords and space wizards, it's always been about weird little dudes doing even weirder things.
    — Hayes Madsen, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Chris Monroe, a bladesmith, started hand-carving wooden swords for his grandchildren in his garage, but word quickly spread among the kids in his neighborhood, per Aging Untold.
    — Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2026
Definition of swords
Noun
  • The blades were smaller then, the towers shorter, the whole apparatus closer to a windmill than the hulking machines erected today—the tallest of which exceed 300 meters, with rotor blades longer than a football field.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Lawn mower blades can also catch tree roots, which can damage your lawn mower and the tree roots, increasing the risk of diseases spreading to your tree.
    — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of blades

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