stiletto
/stɪˈlɛtoʊ/ verb C2- To attack or kill with a stiletto (dagger).
He/she/it stilettos · Past stilettoed · Past participle stilettoed · -ing form stilettoing
Verb forms
- Base form
- stiletto
- He/she/it
- stilettos
- Past
- stilettoed
- Past participle
- stilettoed
- -ing form
- stilettoing
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Suppose, for instance, the prisoner, as is more than probable, to have served under Napoleon—well, can you expect for an instant, that one accustomed, at the word of his commander, to rush fearlessly on the very bayonets of his foe, will scruple more to drive a stiletto into the heart of one he knows to be his personal enemy, than to slaughter his fellow-creatures, merely because bidden to do so by one he is bound to obey?
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