two-edged

[ too-ejd ]

/ ˈtuˈɛdʒd /

having two edges, as a sword.

cutting or effective both ways.

Origin of two-edged

First recorded in 1520–30

For an instant I felt a mad impulse to rush after her, and with one bound bury this two-edged knife in her heart.

Dr. Dumany's Wife |Mr Jkai
Eighteen smaller spines only one-fourth to one-half as long, linear, two-edged, with two parallel teeth on the distal end.

Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) |Ernst Haeckel
These weapons are sharp but they are two-edged and are more likely to injure the speaker than his opponent.

Elements of Debating |Leverett S. Lyon
And when he came to think of it, he was sorry afterward for indulging in a little bit of two-edged satire.

Mary Anerley |R. D. Blackmore

With his two-edged sword (with gold chain and mountings) he was to destroy the Gentiles, as Gideon did the Midianites.

The Spirit Land |Samuel B. (Samuel Bulfinch) Emmons

two-edged

having two cutting edges

(esp of a remark) having two interpretations, such as she looks nice when she smiles