6
spit(verb, stab)
6
wound(verb, stick, stab, pierce, prick)
6
cutlass(noun, edge, bomb, tool, weapon)
6
poniard(noun, arms)
5
bolo(noun, tool, cutter, blade, skewer)
5
scalpel(noun, thing, sharpness, tool, cutter)
5
steel(noun, tool, arms, cutter, blade)
5
cleaver(noun, bomb, sharpness, arm, armament)
5
cutting tool(noun, expression, thing, edge, cutter)
5
kill(verb, destroy, stick, shoot, slaughter)
5
penetrate(verb, enter, wound, punch, stab)
5
run through(verb, expression, phrasal verb, wound, punch)
5
scythe(noun, bomb, sharpness, tool, arm)
5
slit(verb, cut)
5
switchblade(noun, bomb, tool, arm, armament)
5
whittle(noun, sharpness)
4
axe(noun, bomb, tool, arm, armament)
4
bodkin(noun, sharpness)
4
bowie knife(noun, expression, idiom, bomb, sharpness)
4
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