as in blade
a hand weapon with a length of metal sharpened on one or both sides and usually tapered to a sharp point
once upon a time dueling with swords was the gentlemanly way to settle a point of honor
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Recent Examples of sword
After rolling in the short birdie putt to clinch the title, Jimenez pretended to put his sword in an imaginary sheath, the way Chi Chi Rodriguez used to do.
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Randy Youngman, Oc Register, 23 Mar. 2025
And memories of them putting the Reds to the sword are still very, very fresh.
—Sam Tighe, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
The Mirror and the Light opens with that profoundly disturbing execution, Foy a pale rictus of fear and vulnerability as she is led to the block, where she is blindfolded and positioned before the executioner’s sword.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2025
And some insiders note there were likely many Democrats who voted against the spending bill while privately urging their leader to fall on his sword to avoid a cataclysmic shutdown.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2025
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Randy Youngman, Oc Register, 23 Mar. 2025
And memories of them putting the Reds to the sword are still very, very fresh.
—Sam Tighe, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
The Mirror and the Light opens with that profoundly disturbing execution, Foy a pale rictus of fear and vulnerability as she is led to the block, where she is blindfolded and positioned before the executioner’s sword.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2025
And some insiders note there were likely many Democrats who voted against the spending bill while privately urging their leader to fall on his sword to avoid a cataclysmic shutdown.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2025
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“Sword.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sword. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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