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brandish

verb as in flaunt, swing around

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Passengers on board the train said a person brandishing a knife began stabbing people after it passed through Peterborough.

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Video filmed inside the Pierre Boulez auditorium showed one man brandishing a flare as he walked down steps in a seating area.

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Jhangur then got out of the car brandishing a knife and attacked Hasan Khan, before passing the knife to his father, Mohammed Jhangur, who hid it in the boot of his taxi.

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It was not clear if the man brandished the weapon or threatened anyone before Chandler fired “several rounds” as the man walked away, prosecutors alleged.

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Passengers said one person brandishing a knife began stabbing people on the train after it passed through Peterborough.

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

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