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sword

Definition for sword

noun as in saber

Strongest matches

blade, dagger, weapon

Strong matches

bill, brand, cutlass, epee, foil, rapier, scimitar

Weak match

bilbo

noun as in weapon

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Example Sentences

If critics still want to clash swords and hold people to higher standards, it will be to demand the same authenticity from the institutions that once determined so much of our cultural life.

Of course, some buyers see this latter fact as somewhat of a double-edged sword – true, the interest rates might be low – but often, the costs of homes are high.

Her works reflect that women’s agency is a double-edged sword.

Sure, you’re used to the rumble of the controller as your character falls down a rocky hill or gets struck by an enemy’s sword.

It comes at the film’s conclusion, after Mulan has returned home to her family and received her father’s blessing for running away with his sword and armor.

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But then the sword is miraculously returned to him, and he girds for battle once again.

Jonathan Gruber, the economist who helped design Romneycare and the Affordable Care Act, falls on his sword before Congress.

Unlike all the trailers and screen shots for the movie, in the Bible Moses never holds a sword or wears armor.

Joshua puts to the sword women, infants, and animals at Jericho.

At Towton Field, on 29th March, 1461, 33,000 men perished by the sword and were buried there.

The men, whose poniards his sword parried, had recourse to fire-arms, and two pistols were fired at him.

Whatever you do, don't write a word to that Carr friend of yours; he's as sharp as a two-edged sword.

He stabbed her from beneath, and passed half of his sword through her body, and at that the poor lady fell.

Since words have different meanings, we may sometimes find that a pair of words exemplify all three Laws, as plough and sword.

The teeth of beasts, and scorpions, and serpents, and the sword taking vengeance upon the ungodly unto destruction.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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