make less sharp; "blunt the knives" make less intense; "blunted emotions" devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline" used of a knife or other blade; not sharp; "a blunt instrument" having a broad or rounded end; "thick marks made by a blunt pencil
A point that abruptly terminates part way up the blade with no true distal point for piercing Typically the point is chipped in a mild excurvate or straight edge Some feel that the point may have been used in hunting as a "stunning" weapon However, most blunts show signs as being a conserved, former projectile, reworked into a hand held or hafted scraper