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knifepoint
[ nahyf-point ]
noun
- the sharp tip of a knife.
Idioms and Phrases
- at knifepoint, under threat of being cut or stabbed with a knife:
He was robbed at knifepoint.
Example Sentences
Mr Laskey, 43, was squirted with a corrosive substance when his son was mugged at knifepoint in Newcastle in February 2023.
The ringleader of a gang which stole £4m worth of luxury cars after breaking into the owners' homes and threatening them at knifepoint has been jailed.
A "dangerous sexual predator" with "an intense hatred for women" targeted four sex workers in one night and attacked them at knifepoint after luring them to secluded parts of Manchester city centre, a court has heard.
“As officers responded to these incidents, another 911 call reported a robbery at knifepoint.”
A woman assaulted at knifepoint in a sexually motivated attack managed to fight off her attacker with a torch, police have said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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