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knife

(n/aI/f )

edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
any long thin projection that is transient(noun.shape)

Synonym:
tongue

source: wordnet30
An instrument consisting of a thin blade, usually of steel and having a sharp edge for cutting, fastened to a handle, but of many different forms and names for different uses; as, table knife, drawing knife, putty knife, pallet knife, pocketknife, penknife, chopping knife, etc..(noun)

source: webster1913

use a knife on(verb.contact)

Example:
The victim was knifed to death.

Synonym:
stab

source: wordnet30
To prune with the knife.(verb)

source: webster1913
Fig.: To stab in the back; to try to defeat by underhand means, esp. in politics; to vote or work secretly against (a candidate of one's own party).(verb)

source: webster1913

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