ballistic knife

English

Noun

ballistic knife (plural ballistic knives)

1. A weapon that fires a knife blade.
   • 1998, Terence M. Green, Blue Limbo:

     The pain, he knew, would follow in seconds. By all rights, he should be dead by now. The hilt of the ballistic knife remained in the youth's hand. Good to a range of about ten meters, the weapon was capable of being fired silently and accurately