broadhead
Americannoun
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a flat, triangular, steel arrowhead with sharp edges.
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an arrow having such an arrowhead.
Etymology
Origin of broadhead
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The broadhead bolt used was the type used to hunt animals.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2020
There are about a hundred species of broadhead worms, which vary in size from a few inches to a foot and can have beautiful colors and patterns, Ducey says.
From National Geographic ● Jul. 15, 2017
Reader Terri Shofner then alerted us to Ho's video of the odd-looking creature, which experts say is likely an unknown species of the genus Bipalium, known by the common names hammerhead worm and broadhead planarian.
From National Geographic ● Jul. 15, 2017
About six weeks after that, they tested their broadhead in timber just south of Carrollton.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 12, 2014
Some homemade broadhead beaten out of strapiron, an old spoon, God knows what.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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