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bladed

American  
[blay-did] / ˈbleɪ dɪd /

adjective

  1. having a blade or blades (often used in combination).

    a single-bladed leaf.

  2. Crystallography. of or relating to a thin, flat form suggestive of knife blades.

    bladed arsenopyrite.


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Etymology

Origin of bladed

First recorded in 1570–80; blade + -ed 3

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Photos and a video Aiello provided show bladed wire snaking around the decomposing animal’s neck and curved horns, as well as the front legs, in a desert landscape dotted with boulders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026

The Conservative politician said she was meeting with his family and had written to the prime minster calling for an "urgent review on the carrying of bladed articles for religious and ceremonial purposes".

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026

A man who was cautioned for carrying a bladed trowel in public has said he was given no choice but to accept the reprimand because police were unable to contact a solicitor for him.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2025

The newest — described on Thursday by a team of researchers in the journal PeerJ — is Lokiceratops rangiformis, a five-ton herbivore with spectacular, curving brow horns and huge, bladed spikes on its meter-long frill.

From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024

Directly in front of Reyna, behind a conference table piled high with reports and bladed weapons, sat a familiar figure.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

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