knife-point
Britishnoun
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the tip of a knife blade
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under threat of being stabbed
Example Sentences
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Benedikt Roezl, one of the more colorful figures described in the exhibition, blazed a solitary trail and refused to carry a firearm, even after being robbed at gun- or knife-point 17 times.
From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2016
It was part of Hitchcock's provocative primness that, after this meticulous outrage, he declared with wide eyes and wider vowels that you couldn't actually see a knife-point piercing flesh.
From The Guardian • Oct. 22, 2010
Sam took it from him and picked at it with a knife-point, screwing a glass into his eye to inspect the particle which he laid out carefully in his palm.
From The Man from the Bitter Roots by Lockhart, Caroline
He thus shews that "the spear, which is but a development of the knife-point, and the club, which is but a long hammer, are the only things left."
From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles
She crosses and stares down at it also, then, with a shudder, picks up—the knife-point!
From Writing the Photoplay by Esenwein, J. Berg (Joseph Berg)
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