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We found 4 dictionaries that define the word night of the long knives:

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  1. night of the long knives: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. Night of the Long Knives, night of the long knives: Wiktionary
  3. Night of the Long Knives (Arthurian), Night of the Long Knives, Night of the long knives, The Night of the Long Knives: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Night of the Long Knives (Nazi), Night of the Long Knives, The Night of the Long Knives: Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (Night of the Long Knives)

noun:  A purge, in which opponents of a regime or political party are killed or removed.
noun:  Alternative letter-case form of night of the long knives (“purge”) used especially in reference to a specific one, particularly the 1934 one in Germany, but also e.g. the British one of 1962 or the Canadian one of 1981 [A purge, in which opponents of a regime or political party are killed or removed.]

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