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oversharpen

vb. (context transitive photography English) To sharpen too much.

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The edge of an oversharpened knife would break about as often as it would cut, and an oversharpened tip was even more delicate, but you could, if necessary, shove a snap-tipped knife into an enemy's face or chest, something Tucker knew from personal experience.