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Dagger

A dagger is a fighting knife with a very sharp point and usually one or two sharp edges, typically designed or capable of being used as a cutting or thrusting weapon. Daggers have been used throughout human history for close combat confrontations, and many cultures have used adorned daggers in ritual and ceremonial contexts. The dagger's distinctive…

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Modern use

Art knives

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Dagger

Nodes91
Edges90
Triples136
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.021978
Components1

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related to References · 47
Dagger → An Illustrated History, Armor, Arms, Art, Bashford, Bayonets, Bonanza Books, Boulder, Cambridge University Press, Capwell, Catalogue, Crescent Books, Cyril John Gadd, Daggers, David, Dean, Dr, Edge, European Daggers, Fighting Knives
related to Modern period (19th–21st century) · 21
Dagger → As, British Commando, Daggers, Eric, Fairbairn, Fascist, Hitler's Germany, Japan, Marine Corps Raiders, Marine Raider, Mussolini's Italy, Pacific, Second World War, Several, Shanghai Municipal Police Force, Some, Sykes, The F-S, They, William
related to Renaissance and early modern period · 12
Dagger → Beginning, During, Dutch, In English, Low German, Renaissance Age, Scandinavian, Scots, Spain, The, They, West Slavic
related to Modern use · 9
Dagger → British All Arms Commando, Command, Commando Dagger, Course, Daggers, Many, Militaries, US Army Special Forces, US Army Special Operations
see also · 8
Dagger → Blade, Japanese, List, Maritime Southeast AsiaKirpan, Sikhs, Tantō, Typographical, Weapon
related to Antiquity · 7
Dagger → BC, Bronze Age, Copper, Early Minoan III, Knossos, Neolithic, The
related to Cultural symbolism · 7
Dagger → British, For, However, Indeed, Julius Caesar, Some, The
related to Art knives · 4
Dagger → American Bladesmith Society Mastersmith, Daggers, European, One
is a · 3
Dagger → boot knife, fighting knife with a very sharp point and usually one or two sharp edges, so-called
related to Middle Ages · 3
Dagger → Early Middle Ages, Late Middle Ages, The

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daggers knife used use blade weapon century knives many combat thrusting iron fighting one weapons cutting swords iberian early modern

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Daggeris afighting knife with a very sharp point and usually one or two sharp edges0.90text
Daggeris aso-called0.90text
Daggeris aboot knife0.90text
flintinstance ofHistoryAntiquityThe earliest daggers were made of materials0.80text
ivory or bone in Neolithic times.Copper daggers appeared first in the early Bronze Ageinstance ofHistoryAntiquityThe earliest daggers were made of materials0.80text
in the 3rd millennium BCinstance ofHistoryAntiquityThe earliest daggers were made of materials0.80text
and copper daggers of Early Minoan IIIinstance ofHistoryAntiquityThe earliest daggers were made of materials0.80text
folding knives rusted among the artifacts of many Second Iberian Iron Age cremation burials or in Roman Empire excavations all around Spaininstance ofOne can find technologically advanced designs0.80text
the Mediterraneaninstance ofOne can find technologically advanced designs0.80text
poignalinstance ofalongside other terms0.80text
basilardinstance ofalongside other terms0.80text
mending bootsinstance ofthe arm was also used for various other tasks0.80text

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