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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

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Example Sentences

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The types of knives found included machetes, pen knives, flick knives, butterfly knives and swords.

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But football is “violent chess. That is gladiators without swords. That is dangerous. The whole season, I am locked in on what that man is doing on the field.”

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"I'm not going to fall on the sword and not take the government money," he said.

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A striking 1970s poster from Cesar Chavez’s Farm Worker Press features Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata — rifle in one hand, sword in the other — reimagined as a mascot for California’s United Farm Workers.

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"Apparently, they believed I could no longer be trusted with confidential information," Arrington told the outlet, saying the confidential information was related to the sword dispute and an unrelated matter.

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

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