Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The sharp end of a knife.
- idiom (at knifepoint) Under threat of being stabbed or cut with a knife.
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- noun The
pointed end of aknife .
Etymologies
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Examples
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A group of Bangladeshi construction workers claimed they had been threatened and robbed of their possessions at knifepoint.
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Prosecutors said Guandique had numerous improper encounters with women including attacking a woman at knifepoint in El Salvador before migrating to the U.S. when he was 19.
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The hotel desk was deserted because the attackers had robbed the staff and forced them into another room at knifepoint and threatened them.
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The hotel desk was deserted because the attackers had robbed the staff and forced them into another room at knifepoint and threatened them.
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The hotel desk was deserted because the attackers had robbed the staff and forced them into another room at knifepoint and threatened them.
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The day she died, Aasiya Hassan forced her terrified husband at knifepoint to end a friendship with a woman confidante, the defense lawyer said.
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The day she died, Aasiya Hassan forced her terrified husband at knifepoint to end a friendship with a woman confidante, the defense lawyer said.
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He countered, “Within six months of moving here, you were robbed at knifepoint and stumbled into the path of an angry bear.”
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The day she died, Aasiya Hassan forced her terrified husband at knifepoint to end a friendship with a woman confidante, the defense lawyer said.
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The hotel desk was deserted because the attackers had robbed the staff and forced them into another room at knifepoint and threatened them.
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