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cut-and-thrust
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Princeton's WordNet
knife fight, snickersnee, cut-and-thrustnoun
fighting with knives
Wiktionary
cut-and-thrustnoun
A vehement argument
He never got used to the cut-and-thrust of political debate.
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cut-and-thrust
A knife fight is a violent physical confrontation between two or more combatants in which one or more participants is armed with a knife. A knife fight is defined by the presence of a knife as a weapon and the violent intent of the combatants to kill or incapacitate each other; the participants may be completely untrained, self-taught, or trained in one or more formal or informal systems of knife fighting. Knife fights may involve the use of any type of knife, though certain knives, termed fighting knives, are purposely designed for such confrontations – the dagger being just one example.
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cut-and-thrust
Cut-and-thrust refers to a manner of arguing or debating wherein participants engage in quick and forceful exchanges, often involving lively, aggressive and competitive interactions. It can also be used to describe a type of swordplay that involves both cutting and stabbing movements.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of cut-and-thrust in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of cut-and-thrust in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of cut-and-thrust in a Sentence
Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense, differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw recruit and its methods differ from those of common sense only as far as the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manner in which a savage wields his club.
I knock on doors every day, no one gives a toss about the social media cut and thrust. What they care about is the substance of the issues, and of course there's a huge amount of scepticism about the claims of all politicians.
Translations for cut-and-thrust
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- Schnitt-und-SchubGerman
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