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PONIARD

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A dagger with a slender blade

Synonyms:

bodkin; poniard

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("poniard" is a kind of...):

dagger; sticker (a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing)

Derivation:

poniard (stab with a poniard)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Stab with a poniard

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "poniard" is one way to...):

knife; stab (use a knife on)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They want to poniard the prisoners

Derivation:

poniard (a dagger with a slender blade)

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