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
Maud flings the knife-point from her in horror, then turns to Ethel and clings to her.
From Writing the Photoplay by Esenwein, J. Berg (Joseph Berg)
Stripping.—Now suppose that, instead of a mere slit with the knife-point, a strip of bark is removed down to the wood.
From Disease in Plants by Ward, H. Marshall
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
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