Blade and Flat

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Blade noun - A hand weapon with a length of metal sharpened on one or both sides and usually tapered to a sharp point.

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Flat and blade are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Flat" instead a noun "Blade".

Flat noun - A room or set of rooms in a private house or a block used as a separate dwelling place.

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Blade and flat are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Blade" instead a noun "Flat".

Nearby Words: flatter, flatly, flatness, flatlet, flatting

Attempted twice in Empire in Black and Gold, the first book of Shadows of the Apt, in the slightly more realistic "deflect blade by hitting the flat side" version.

Source: Bare-Handed Blade Block
You could've done anything else that didn't involve killing him, like kicking his sword away and knocking him out with the flat of the blade, but instead you have to let him have a second go at you.

Source: Video Game / Quest for Glory II
The trick is to pinch the flat of the blade between your fingers and palm and avoid drawing your hand along the edge.

Source: Bare-Handed Blade Block

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