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Recent Examples of broadsword
With fire and broadsword came pestilence, in the form of a sickness called Morrisania fever, which carried off many Refugees.
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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Instead, woolly mammoths and scimitar cats prowl the icy landscape.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
28 Nov. 2025
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All the members of the oryx family-the fringe-ear of Kenya and Tanzania; the Beisa of Kenya north of the Tana River, Somaliland, and Ethiopia; the white or scimitar-horned oryx of the Sahara desert-are traditionally tough and hard to kill.—
Jack O'Connor,
Outdoor Life,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Under Kennedy, policy making and saber rattling go hand in hand.—
Benjamin Mazer,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2026
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The first 1500 fans will get free light saber thunder sticks.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Jan. 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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The rousing trailer finds Prince Adam bored to death hiding out at a generic corporate desk job on Earth when his precious sword is discovered, which sends him on a wild odyssey back to the land of Eternia and its talking tigers, spaceships, gothic castles, and magic swords.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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That is, until somebody tracks down his sword.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Broadsword.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/broadsword. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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