Thesaurus / brandish
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An ambitious stripling has only to brandish his sword and shout a few magniloquent words to induce them to rush to certain death.
MY RELIGIONLEO TOLSTOYSuddenly he was startled by seeing his mother snatch a stump of a fire-shovel from the hearth and brandish it over his head.
ALL HE KNEWJOHN HABBERTONWho are we, the Wolves, to brandish empty firearms, to shrink from letting a little blood!
MR. GREX OF MONTE CARLOE. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIMThey brandish their torches and swiftly spin on one leg, and snap their fingers to chase away the aggressive spirits.
FROM THE CAVES AND JUNGLES OF HINDOSTANHELENA PRETROVNA BLAVATSKYThou didst also worship the bountiful immortals, and wast the first to brandish the veresma and to sing the Gathas.
THE WORLDS GREATEST BOOKS, VOLUME XIII.VARIOUSIn ancient times, the statues of Minerva could brandish spears, and those of Venus could weep.
HISTORY OF THE INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF EUROPE, VOLUME I (OF 2)JOHN WILLIAM DRAPERNo, he could not brandish it, he could not so much as even lift it.
TALES FROM THE FJELDP. CHR. ASBJRNSENWhen he began to dance and to brandish the silver sword, everybody applauded.
FOLK-TALES OF THE KHASISK. U. RAFYHe could not yell and brandish his fists at them as the trapper by the fire might have done to win a few extra minutes.
UNDER ARCTIC ICEH.G. WINTERSkeat thinks the original dance may have been a sword dance, and with this he connects the word Brandish.
SHAKESPEARE AND MUSICEDWARD W. NAYLORWORDS RELATED TO BRANDISH
- advertise
- arrange
- bare
- betray
- boast
- brandish
- bring to view
- demonstrate
- disclose
- emblazon
- evidence
- evince
- exhibit
- expand
- expose
- extend
- feature
- flash
- flaunt
- flourish
- glaze
- grandstand
- illustrate
- impart
- lay bare
- lay out
- make clear
- make known
- manifest
- model
- open
- open out
- parade
- perform
- present
- promote
- promulgate
- publish
- represent
- reveal
- set out
- show off
- showcase
- sport
- spread out
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- uncover
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- unmask
- unroll
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- indicate
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- make clear
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- mark
- offer
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- proclaim
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- show
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- wave around
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- evidences
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- flaunts
- illustrates
- indicates
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- makes clear
- makes plain
- manifests
- marks
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- ostends
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- reveals
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- showcases
- shows
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- shows off
- strut stuff
- trots out
- waves around
- advertise
- air
- bare
- betray
- brandish
- bring to light
- broadcast
- crack
- debunk
- denude
- dig up
- disclose
- display
- disport
- divulge
- exhibit
- feature
- flash
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- give away
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- lay open
- leak
- let cat out of bag
- let out
- make known
- manifest
- open
- open to view
- parade
- present
- prove
- publish
- put on view
- report
- show
- show off
- smoke out
- spill
- streak
- tip off
- trot out
- unclothe
- uncover
- unearth
- unfold
- unmask
- unshroud
- unveil
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