Knife
Spear
Spear verb - To penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object.
Usage example: she speared a pea with her fork and angrily flung it
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- Almost anyone can make a simple spear or knife from sticks, stones, or bones.
Source: Power Equals Rarity -
Gibson is almost killed by a random mook with a gun early in the movie, Fender wounds Gibson with one, and Gibson happily mows down several knife and spear wielding pirates with his gun.
Source: Film / Cyborg -
Given his enemies were hordes of spear and knife-armed Dayaks in the first case and a badly-motivated force with few many knives and a few antiquated muskets, his enemies couldn't afford to face him in open battle.
Source: Cool Guns / Machine Guns
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