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Recent Examples of broadsword
However, some people have also pointed out that this could just be the game’s version of the regular steel broadsword.
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Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
These individuals are also portrayed as more violent: A Pict man holds a head still dripping blood, with another head at his feet, while a Pict woman brandishes spears and a broadsword.
—Peter C. Mancall, The Conversation, 25 May 2026
There is a lot of pretty convincing combat with axes and broadswords.
—Nat Segnit, Harpers Magazine, 21 Apr. 2026
With fire and broadsword came pestilence, in the form of a sickness called Morrisania fever, which carried off many Refugees.
—Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
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.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 23 Aug. 2023
There were lessons in horsemanship and broadsword handling.
—Bob Strauss, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2023
The hands are broadsword-shaped, with a stainless steel build that contrasts nicely with the dial.
—Matthew Catellier, Forbes, 7 July 2022
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
Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
These individuals are also portrayed as more violent: A Pict man holds a head still dripping blood, with another head at his feet, while a Pict woman brandishes spears and a broadsword.
—Peter C. Mancall, The Conversation, 25 May 2026
There is a lot of pretty convincing combat with axes and broadswords.
—Nat Segnit, Harpers Magazine, 21 Apr. 2026
With fire and broadsword came pestilence, in the form of a sickness called Morrisania fever, which carried off many Refugees.
—Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
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.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 23 Aug. 2023
There were lessons in horsemanship and broadsword handling.
—Bob Strauss, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2023
The hands are broadsword-shaped, with a stainless steel build that contrasts nicely with the dial.
—Matthew Catellier, Forbes, 7 July 2022
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for broadsword
Noun
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By holding a button, a simple katana suddenly becomes a 10-foot blade, or a rapier sprouts a demolition-grade power drill — all capable of viscerally dismembering and maiming foes.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
20 Oct. 2025
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The fabric is produced on a double rapier loom in a width of 50 cm (19.7 in) at whatever length is needed.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Its head crest is shaped like a curved sword called a scimitar, and measures 20 inches long.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
19 Feb. 2026
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Enter, Katara Towers, a staggering 725-foot-high behemoth of two halves fashioned to look like the curved scimitar swords on the nation’s seal.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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As for what a fan might do with such a saber?—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
14 June 2026
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In all three cases, the light-saber-like lighting unit itself quickly attaches/detaches to and from a bayonet mount at the rear end of the main bracket.—
Ben Coxworth
May 15,
New Atlas,
15 May 2026
Noun
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The workers blamed Landi — who was still in charge — for their troubles, and an image of Landi posing, pirate-style, with a cartoon-villain expression and a cutlass between his teeth became a symbol for Eutelia’s misdeeds.—
Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Atossa Araxia Abrahamian,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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The ultimate prop was the pirate flag, which could be decorated with a skull and crossbones (as in the classic Jolly Roger design), bleeding hearts, hourglasses, spears, cutlasses and skeletons.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 May 2024
Noun
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Recipients of the emperor’s mercy were given symbolic wooden swords to carry with them in perpetuity.—
Cullen Murphy,
The Atlantic,
13 June 2026
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Meanwhile, a co-op game turned the four of us demoing it into ninjas defending a castle by slashing our swords on beat.—
Jordan Minor,
PC Magazine,
11 June 2026
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“Broadsword.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/broadsword. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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