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
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
Nearly obliterated by the lacework of wrinkles and scratches was a scrawl, evidently scarred into the glazed surface by a knife-point.
From Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China by Hoskins, Gayle Porter
It was a difficult task, or would have been so to me, as he had to bore holes in the animal's hide with his knife-point, but it seemed quite easy to him.
From The Purple Land by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
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