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==Uses== During food preparation, knives are mainly used for slicing, chopping, and piercing.<ref>{{cite book|title=In the Hands of a Chef: The Professional Chef's Guide to Essential Kitchen Tools|author = Culinary Institute of America|author-link = Culinary Institute of America|publisher= John Wiley and Sons|year= 2007 |page=17|isbn =978-0-470-08026-9}}</ref> In combat, a blade may be used to slash or puncture, and may also be thrown or [[Ballistic knife|otherwise propelled]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Echanis|first=Michael|author-link= Michael Echanis|title=Knife Self-Defense for Combat| year=1977|page=4| isbn= 978-0-89750-022-7}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Echanis|first=Michael|author-link= Michael Echanis|title=Knife Throwing for Combat| year=1979|page=4| isbn= 978-0-89750-058-6}}</ref> The function is to sever a nerve, muscle or tendon fibers, or blood vessel to disable or kill the adversary. Severing a major blood vessel typically leads to death due to [[exsanguination]]. Blades may be used to scrape, moving the blade ''sideways'' across a surface, as in an [[ink eraser]], rather than along or through a surface. For construction equipment such as a [[grader]], the ground-working implement is also referred to as the blade, typically with a replaceable cutting edge.
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