"double-edged" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more double-edged [comparative], most double-edged [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} double-edged (comparative more double-edged, superlative most double-edged)
  1. (not comparable) Of a blade, such as a sword or knife, sharp on both edges. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Two Translations (a blade that is sharp on both edges): ἀμφήκης (amphḗkēs) (Ancient Greek), երկսայրի (erksayri) (Armenian), двуостър (dvuostǎr) (Bulgarian), tveægget (Danish), à double tranchant (French), zweischneidig (German), αμφίστομος (amfístomos) [masculine] (Greek), δίκοπος (díkopos) [masculine] (Greek), חֶרֶב פִּיפִיּוֹת (ẖérev pifiyót) [feminine] (Hebrew), a doppio taglio (Italian), huarua (Maori), tveegget (Norwegian Bokmål), twieċġe (Old English), twieċġede (Old English), obosieczny (Polish), de dois gumes (Portuguese), cu două tăișuri (Romanian), обоюдоо́стрый (obojudoóstryj) (Russian), de doble filo (Spanish), tveeggad (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-double-edged-en-adj-dTH0i309 Disambiguation of Two: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'a blade that is sharp on both edges': 91 9
  2. (comparable, figuratively) As dangerous for the user as the one it is used on. Tags: comparable, figuratively Categories (topical): Two Translations (figuratively: possibly dangerous, ambiguous): երկսայրի (erksayri) (Armenian), zweischneidig (German), αμφίστομος (amfístomos) [masculine] (Greek), a doppio taglio (Italian), obosieczny (Polish), cu două tăișuri (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-double-edged-en-adj-WDNHuqMO Disambiguation of Two: 48 52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 14 86 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 86 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 17 83 Disambiguation of 'figuratively: possibly dangerous, ambiguous': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: double-edged sword Related terms: cut both ways Coordinate_terms: single-edged

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      "sense": "a blade that is sharp on both edges",
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      "sense": "a blade that is sharp on both edges",
      "word": "huarua"
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      "sense": "a blade that is sharp on both edges",
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      "sense": "a blade that is sharp on both edges",
      "word": "twieċġe"
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      "sense": "a blade that is sharp on both edges",
      "word": "twieċġede"
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      "sense": "a blade that is sharp on both edges",
      "word": "obosieczny"
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      "sense": "a blade that is sharp on both edges",
      "word": "de dois gumes"
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      "sense": "a blade that is sharp on both edges",
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      "word": "երկսայրի"
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      "sense": "figuratively: possibly dangerous, ambiguous",
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      "sense": "figuratively: possibly dangerous, ambiguous",
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