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blunt British & World English

(of a cutting implement) not having a sharp edge or point

Blunt, Anthony British & World English

(1907–83), British art historian, Foreign Office official, and Soviet spy; full name Anthony Frederick Blunt. He confessed in 1965 that he had been a Soviet agent since the 1930s and had facilitated the escape of Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean. When these facts were made public in 1979 he was stripped of his knighthood

blunt instrument British & World English

a heavy object without a sharp edge or point, used as a weapon

Irving, John British & World English

(1942-) US writer and teacher; born John Wallace Blunt, Jr. His works such as The World According to Garp (1978) combine tragedy with comedy; full name John Winslow Irving. He also wrote The Hotel New Hampshire (1981), The Cider House Rules (1985), and Last Night in Twisted River (2009)

Anthony Frederick Blunt in Blunt, Anthony British & World English

(1907–83), British art historian, Foreign Office official, and Soviet spy; full name Anthony Frederick Blunt. He confessed in 1965 that he had been a Soviet agent since the 1930s and had facilitated the escape of Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean. When these facts were made public in 1979 he was stripped of his knighthood

John Wallace Blunt, Jr. in Irving, John British & World English

(1942-) US writer and teacher; born John Wallace Blunt, Jr. His works such as The World According to Garp (1978) combine tragedy with comedy; full name John Winslow Irving. He also wrote The Hotel New Hampshire (1981), The Cider House Rules (1985), and Last Night in Twisted River (2009)

blunt English-French

émoussé/-e

blunt English-German

stumpf

blunt English-Italian

spuntato

blunt1 English-Spanish

desafilado, mocho

blunt2 English-Spanish

despuntar