Synonyms for double-edged sword
dou·ble-edged sword

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1. double-edged swordnoun

   Synonyms:
   two-edged sword

2. double-edged swordnoun

   A benefit that is also a liability, or that carries some significant but non-obvious cost or risk.

   Synonyms:
   two-edged sword

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1. Pamela Bardhi:

   I think that the truth is a real double-edged sword. It’s painful to know, but it’s necessary, i think that those kids deserve to know what happened to their mother, no matter what, and her family and her friends.

2. Steven Fielding:

   If you look at it rationally, none of the two main parties would want to win the next election, it is more than a double-edged sword.

3. Wu Ting-Fang:

   Education is like a double-edged sword. It may be turned to dangerous uses if it is not properly handled.

4. Dylan Sprouse:

   Working from that young of an age is definitely a double-edged sword.

5. Claudia Mendez:

   It's a double-edged sword just because Sara Cromer never want to be in this place, but to hear that it's even being acknowledged is, in a sense, a relief.