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Recent Examples of poniard
Noun
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for poniard
Noun
  • Several other artifacts were discovered at the site, including pieces of broken swords and daggers, plus household items like fishhooks, clothing fasteners, pieces of copper vessels and more, per the research.
    Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2024
  • In a melee of swords, daggers and pistols, Maynard’s men, most of them injured, overwhelmed Blackbeard, leaving him shot five times and cut 20.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • If these were not available a gun could be spiked with a bayonet which would then be broken off so it could not be pulled out.
    David Hambling, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
  • There are vents in the back for fresh air, pin bayonets and a slide lock to keep doors tightly closed and secure, and all-weather construction to prevent rust and corrosion.
    Shea Simmons, People.com, 29 Sep. 2024
Verb
  • Then Kekere-Ekun will quill piece by piece using colored paper, ribbons and parts of canvases before it's eventually completed.
    CNN, CNN, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Visitors can view a variety of media including textiles—such as Navajo artist D.Y. Begay’s Southwest landscape painting on wool—beadwork, sculpture, photography, film and even clothing attire such as beaded and quilled Louboutin shoes.
    Lily Katzman, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2020
Noun
  • Icke also occasionally cues up some Bob Dylan songs, chosen for their on-the-bodkin lyrics.
    Helen Shaw, Vulture, 30 June 2022
  • Punishment for cursing or disparaging a clergyman was having a bodkin — a large needle — driven through the tongue.
    Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2017
Verb
  • This condition occurs when an untreated ulcer perforates the lining of the bowel, creating an opening to another area of the body, Melmed explains.
    Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Those talons are going to perforate a colon with a swiftness, and no one wants to go to the emergency room with a gel tip stuck in the rectum.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 22 July 2024
Noun
  • The knife should slide in and pry open the shell easily.
    Jennifer Hope Choi, Bon Appétit, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Originating as a sod knife, these have become essential equipment for our garden staff at Yew Dell Botanical Gardens.
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 6 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • In that post, she could be seen dressed in a pirate costume, complete with a large hat, knee-high black boots and a cutlass sword.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 20 Apr. 2024
Verb
  • This year, the day marks the 83rd anniversary of the surprise attack that thrust the U.S. into World War II. More than 2,400 American service men and women were killed in the early attack launched by Japan at the United States Navy Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
  • France’s prime minister is expected to resign from his post after lawmakers passed a no-confidence measure against him and his Cabinet, likely thrusting the country into a period of political uncertainty.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2024

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“Poniard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poniard. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.

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