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Meanings of shuriken in English

Russian
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Portuguese
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Spanish
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Class of Japanese handheld throwing weapons.

сюрикен
Synonyms
Examples for "throwing star"
Examples for "throwing star"
1
She'd retrieved her throwing star, and she was polishing it on her pants leg.
All together dead
2
Fate put his disposable razor back into her utility belt and produced a steel throwing star.
Paths not taken
3
A shuriken is a throwing star-a shiny-steel, sharp-edged, sharp-pointedweapon from Japan (which is cyberpunk's original home in certain misty urban legends).
The Real Cyberpunk Fakebook
1
Despite the ninja star, wrestling was number one in Jay's book, too.
On Edge
2
I was willing to look past the fact that he wore huge tennis wristbands, because he had a ninja star!
On Edge
3
Tambo International Airport, if it weren't for their intervention, we'd all be sitting next to ninja star-wielding passengers with pockets full of toy creepy crawlies.
The South African
4
The explosion tore them right off their hinges, sent them flipping into the house like giant ninja stars.
World war z: an oral history of the zombie war
Usage of shuriken in English
1
He gestured to the steel tray where the bloodied shuriken lay.
Dead beat
2
Maybe a dozen silver shuriken left in my belt.
The Good, The Bad, and The Uncanny
3
Ms. Fate's hand snapped forward, and a silver shuriken sprouted suddenly from the wolf's left eye.
The Good, The Bad, and The Uncanny
4
The shuriken itself as an assault weapon would rate one-half shuriken on a scale of four.
The Real Cyberpunk Fakebook
5
Now and again she'd throw handfuls of razor-edged shuriken where they would do the most good.
Sharper than a serpent's tooth
6
A hydrogen bomb would rate five shuriken.
The Real Cyberpunk Fakebook
7
The three-pointed shuriken still in my calf, I forced myself to my feet through the screaming pain.
Dead beat
8
The fall drove the shuriken a little harder into my calf, and the world went white with pain.
Dead beat
9
Fate stepped quickly out of the car, a shuriken in each hand, and dared the werewolves to come to her.
The Good, The Bad, and The Uncanny
10
Get your shuriken on.
The Irish Times
11
The heavy leather cape swirled about her as she drew a handful of razor-sharp silver shuriken out of her belt.
The Good, The Bad, and The Uncanny
12
A shuriken is a throwing star-a shiny-steel, sharp-edged, sharp-pointedweapon from Japan (which is cyberpunk's original home in certain misty urban legends).
The Real Cyberpunk Fakebook
13
Occasionally we may add Propeller Beanies to the Shuriken:
The Real Cyberpunk Fakebook
14
Silica and ice cut like tiny natural shurikens.
Grand junction
15
It means we're bad ass even to the gods. He pulled out a handful of shurikens.
No mercy
16
He gestured to the steel tray where the bloodied shuriken lay.
Dead beat