Knife
Knife verb - Use a knife on.
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Synonyms for Knife
Lance and knife are semantically related. in cutting tool topic. In some cases you can use "Lance" instead the word "Knife" as a verb or a noun, when it comes to topics like stab with pointed tool.
Lance
Lance verb - To penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object.
Usage example: doctors used to lance infected sores, so that they could drain clean
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Synonyms for Lance
Knife and lance are semantically related. You can use "Knife" instead the word "Lance" as a verb or a noun.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| full | full knife | full lance |
| special | special knife | special lance |
| long | long knife | long lance |
| better | better knife | better lance |
| Other adjectives: similar, normal, regular, original, fake, single, sharp, actual, huge, little, psychic, famous, flaming, makeshift, cursed, broken, hidden, curved, gigantic, different, giant, magical, double-bladed. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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One of them just needs time and maybe a little salve to heal; the other has little pockets of infection deep enough that Pol needs to lance them with his knife.
Source: Literature / The Queen's Thief - Memetic Hand Gesture: The Terminal Lance hand sign, but more endearing is "Knife Hands"—the height of which is directly in proportion to the anger of the one doing it.
Source: Webcomic / Terminal Lance -
Terminal Lance has a comic where they discussion the common American military subversion of this trope: "The Knife-Hand Anger Guage"
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