cutlass

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Recent Examples of cutlass 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 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 In that post, she could be seen dressed in a pirate costume, complete with a large hat, knee-high black boots and a cutlass sword. — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 20 Apr. 2024 Farmers harvest the ripe yellow pods by hand, and then crack them open with a cutlass, or thick stick. — Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023 The pipe’s walls, between 400 and 600 feet long, reach a vertiginous 22 feet, and its edges are cutlass sharp, leaving little to the eye but a cleaved sky. — Nick Remsen, Vogue, 11 Feb. 2022 One, a nurse once driven from his home by Boko Haram, who lost everything but had found refuge in the estate, has started sleeping with a cutlass under his bed. — New York Times, 23 Sep. 2021 Marse, where the picong sharp like cutlass and cutting politician down to size and making fun of everything that taking itself too serious. — M Nourbese Philip, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Feb. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cutlass
Noun
  • 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
  • Although scaled down in cast and production size to fit the 194-seat Solana Beach theater, this rollicking comedy has lost none of it rapier wit and sass.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2025
Noun
  • Its head crest is shaped like a curved sword called a scimitar, and measures 20 inches long.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • His military officer's cap and saber rested on the coffin, which was flanked by men in fatigues.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Canada’s response to Trump’s persistent tariff saber rattling has also illustrated key differences in the way North American trading partners are approaching trade in the 21st century.
    — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 24 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • However, some people have also pointed out that this could just be the game’s version of the regular steel broadsword.
    — Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • There is a lot of pretty convincing combat with axes and broadswords.
    — Nat Segnit, Harpers Magazine, 21 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • At the Palladium, James and her bandmate/husband Zachary took the stage in all-black leather, with thigh-high boots, swords, an inverted crucifix necklace and a giant silver Baphomet pendant.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Emma Mackey’s White Witch opens her eyes, flies in metallic couture, brandishes a sword, and rides wildly through London on a horse while the ’70s rock blares in the background.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2026

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“Cutlass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cutlass. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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