double-edged|double edged in English

adjective

having two blades or cutting edges (of a sword, etc.); acting both ways, having a dual purpose or effect; capable of being interpreted two ways

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1. But Conscription is a double-edged sword

2. A single- or double-edged cutting implement.

3. You must be a double-edged sword.

4. The photograph becomes a double- edged weapon now.

5. A new threshing instrument with double-edged teeth.

6. Many “advances” have truly been a double-edged sword.

7. This has also been translated as "tooth shaped like double-edged knife".

8. Boosted’s burly, belt-driven wheels are a bit of a double-edged sword

9. It was about eight inches long, double edged and as sharp as a razor.

10. Its double - edged nature can also be seen in the characteristics of openness and looseness.

11. As these double-edged “knives” chip or drop out, a dental ‘conveyor belt’ nudges replacements forward.

12. Many were double-edged—cutting from both sides—and were kept sharp and in excellent repair.

13. Ambiguous, ironic, indirect, sarcastic, oblique, sardonic, double-edged, equivocal, with tongue in cheek a Backhanded compliment 2

14. 19 synonyms for Backhanded: ambiguous, ironic, indirect, sarcastic, oblique, sardonic, double-edged, equivocal, with tongue in cheek, indirect, rambling

15. Claymore definition, a two-handed sword with a double-edged blade, used by Scottish Highlanders in the 16th century

16. The Borderlander Dagger has a double-edged blade of damascus steel with a deep central fuller to reduce weight

17. The Maréchal de Puységur described the earliest Bayonets as having a straight, double-edged blade a foot long

18. Embellishments to the scalpel included fixed and folding blades and specialized tips, such as lancets, Bistouries, and double-edged blades called catlins

19. 17 Jehovah continues to comfort his people: “Look! I have made you a threshing sledge, a new threshing instrument having double-edged teeth.

20. Tecnology is a double-edged sword, hope we all take good use of 3G and not let it to be a grenade. Thanks!

21. THE DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD: TOURISM AND NATIONAL PARKS But a few continued to fly the red flag - and they include Andy Chaffer, of Handsworth, Birmingham

22. She edged toward the window.

23. He edged in a word.

24. I edged towards the door.

25. 2 He edged in a word.