Usually means: Threatened with a knife held.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word knifepoint:

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  1. knifepoint: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. knifepoint: Merriam-Webster
  3. knifepoint: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. knifepoint: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. Knifepoint, knifepoint: Wordnik
  6. knifepoint: Wiktionary
  7. knifepoint: Dictionary.com
  8. knifepoint: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. knifepoint: Legal dictionary

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  1. knifepoint: Encyclopedia

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  1. knifepoint: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (knifepoint)

▸ noun:  The pointed end of a knife.

Similar:
point, daggerpoint, bladepoint, swordpoint, pointer, head, pointy, blunt, penpoint, soft point, more...

Opposite:
bluntpoint, dullpoint, flatpoint

Phrases:
at knifepoint, Knifepoint Horror, more...

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Similar:
point, daggerpoint, bladepoint, swordpoint, pointer, head, pointy, blunt, penpoint, soft point, more...

Opposite:
bluntpoint, dullpoint, flatpoint

Phrases:
at knifepoint, Knifepoint Horror, more...



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