trident

as in spear
a weapon that has three points and that looks like a large fork the trident of the sea god Neptune

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Recent Examples of trident Everyone learned, from Ray, that Jason offered to give up his trident in trade for the rest of Bravo coming off the bench. Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 1 Sep. 2024 Poseidon had a point about war: sometimes the trident must be brought down. Timothy Snyder, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022 The blind brackets on every window are shaped as a trident, the country’s national symbol, placed deliberately in the eyeline of soldiers lying in their beds. Alex Platt, CNN, 12 Sep. 2024 He is often seen with a trident and is married to Amphitrite, a sea nymph. Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for trident 

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“Trident.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trident. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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