broadsword
noun
broad·sword
ˈbrȯd-ˌsȯrd 
: a large heavy sword with a broad blade for cutting rather than thrusting
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In 2019, former Rep. Beto O’Rourke of Texas stabbed the balloon of sky-high expectations of his candidacy with a broadsword of a meltdown in Miami.
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Philip Elliott, Time, 23 Aug. 2023
There were lessons in horsemanship and broadsword handling.
—Bob Strauss, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2023
Penn remarks that Richard found Hastings’ lack of loyalty confusing and overwhelming – a level of annoyance that does not seem to merit resorting to the broadsword, but the story quickly moves on to the main event of Richard’s villainy: the murder of the princes in the Tower.
—Steve Donoghue, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Dec. 2020
The hands are broadsword-shaped, with a stainless steel build that contrasts nicely with the dial.
—Matthew Catellier, Forbes, 7 July 2022
In 2020, British teenagers and children wielding metal detectors discovered a pair of rare, 1,000-year-old coins and a late 17th- or early 18th-century English broadsword.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Dec. 2020
Cloud isn’t exactly discreet either, brandishing a broadsword as long as his body.
—Joshua Adams, Wired, 10 Nov. 2020
Cavill is Geralt of Rivia, a mutant slayer of monsters, gruffly navigating a world of broadswords and bloody battles.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 20 Dec. 2019
Above his head is an arm holding a colonial-era broadsword believed to be the sword of Myles Standish, a Plymouth Colony military commander known in part for killing Native Americans.
—BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2019
Philip Elliott, Time, 23 Aug. 2023
There were lessons in horsemanship and broadsword handling.
—Bob Strauss, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2023
Penn remarks that Richard found Hastings’ lack of loyalty confusing and overwhelming – a level of annoyance that does not seem to merit resorting to the broadsword, but the story quickly moves on to the main event of Richard’s villainy: the murder of the princes in the Tower.
—Steve Donoghue, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Dec. 2020
The hands are broadsword-shaped, with a stainless steel build that contrasts nicely with the dial.
—Matthew Catellier, Forbes, 7 July 2022
In 2020, British teenagers and children wielding metal detectors discovered a pair of rare, 1,000-year-old coins and a late 17th- or early 18th-century English broadsword.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Dec. 2020
Cloud isn’t exactly discreet either, brandishing a broadsword as long as his body.
—Joshua Adams, Wired, 10 Nov. 2020
Cavill is Geralt of Rivia, a mutant slayer of monsters, gruffly navigating a world of broadswords and bloody battles.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 20 Dec. 2019
Above his head is an arm holding a colonial-era broadsword believed to be the sword of Myles Standish, a Plymouth Colony military commander known in part for killing Native Americans.
—BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2019
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broadsword
noun
broad·sword
ˈbrȯd-ˌsō(ə)rd
-ˌsȯ(ə)rd
: a sword with a wide blade
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