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double-edged
[ duhb-uhl-ejd ]
adjective
- having two cutting edges, as a razor blade.
- capable of acting two ways or having opposite effects:
a double-edged argument.
double-edged
adjective
- acting in two ways; having a dual effect
a double-edged law
- (of a remark, argument, etc) having two possible interpretations, esp applicable both for and against or being really malicious though apparently innocuous
- (of a sword, knife, etc) having a cutting edge on either side of the blade
Word History and Origins
Origin of double-edged1
Example Sentences
Thanksgiving may be about family, but that comes with an intimidating collection of double-edged swords.
But this public awareness of ED has been a double-edged sword.
As a tool of social activism, plague functions as a double-edged sword.
It's also a double-edged sword that could hurt local Democrats and Republicans alike.
He can wield energy as a weapon now, but it is already proving a double-edged sword.
That afternoon I went back to my orchard, got out my shiny and sharp new double-edged pruning saw, and sawed till both arms ached.
Near by was the guard-house with its grated windows, its iron bars being an appropriate design of double-edged swords and spears.
Father Stanway said it was a double-edged weapon and that those who lived by it risked perishing by it.
But the opportunity was taken to deal a spiteful double-edged thrust at its enemies.
In his belt was stuck a long, double-edged hunting-knife, having its wooden handle neatly bound with black waxed thread.
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