Dagger
Dagger noun - A short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing.
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Spike and dagger are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spike" instead a noun "Dagger".
Nearby Word: daggered
Spike
Spike noun - A long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal).
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Looting it after the credits will reveal that it's actually a custom built dagger, effectively a spike which allowed Pagan to pull off his Establishing Character Moment.
Source: Video Game / Far Cry 4 -
The dagger is basically a sharpened metal spike that you try to stab your opponent with while both of you are grappling with each other's dagger arms, and you might even have to grasp the blade in order to give your opponent a nasty twist or disarm.
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Cauldron of Ghosts: The Powered Armor worn by the Mesan Internal Security Directorate was designed to intimidate, and features both spike-knuckled gauntlets and spiked pauldrons (plus a One-Way Visor bearing the Directorate's logo of a dagger held by a gauntleted fist).
Source: Spikes of Villainy
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