Knife
Open
Open verb - To change from a closed to an open position.
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During the kidnapping in Marilith, the title character draws a butterfly knife from the waistband of her skirt and flips it open between panels.
Source: Butterfly Knife - He ripped shirt open while she held a kitchen knife and dared her to do it then and there.
Source: Open Shirt Taunt -
His original Quinque is Scorpion 1/56, a mass-produced knife and this leads to a scene where he flips open his jacket to reveal he's been collecting the whole set.
Source: Knife Nut
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Open and Knife. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/knife/open
Knife & Open. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/knife/open>.
Open or Knife. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/knife/open.
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