as in sabre
a straight sword that has a narrow blade with sharp edges
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Recent Examples of rapier
Hollander digs his teeth into every scene, from Capote spouting the rapier wit that the writer used to bring down more than a few, to cooking in his Manhattan apartment.
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Lisa Respers France, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024
Some of his favorites include a Spanish cup-hilt rapier, a defensive left-hand dagger from the 15th century, and a Napoleonic cavalry saber.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2024
Guy Branum is a rapier wit, Lisa Gilroy is an improv beast, and Marcella Arguello is always the coolest person in the room.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2024
No one bothered to do the math, however, because Bentsen destroyed Quayle’s point with a rapier thrust.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
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Lisa Respers France, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024
Some of his favorites include a Spanish cup-hilt rapier, a defensive left-hand dagger from the 15th century, and a Napoleonic cavalry saber.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2024
Guy Branum is a rapier wit, Lisa Gilroy is an improv beast, and Marcella Arguello is always the coolest person in the room.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2024
No one bothered to do the math, however, because Bentsen destroyed Quayle’s point with a rapier thrust.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rapier
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Americano, with a steel plate inserted into his mask knocked Penta off the ladder, then Knight hit a huge side suplex on Americano, which generated a massive reaction from the crowd.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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One of the steel plates the Taihuttu family uses to store part of their bitcoin seed phrase.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
7 June 2025
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Even Trump and his choice for Federal Communications Commission chair, Brendan Carr, are rattling their sabers and threatening to pull the broadcast licenses of networks that run programs or news stories the White House doesn’t like.—
Alex Cranz,
WIRED,
21 Jan. 2025
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For now, Trump’s saber rattling has settled down to a 90-day, across-the-board tariff of 10 percent for most countries (with the notable exception of China), but even that can quickly become a surcharge of many thousands of dollars.—
Will Peischel,
Curbed,
30 Apr. 2025
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One of them cut Ford's throat with a 12-inch dagger, while two others stabbed him in the stomach with long fighting knives.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
6 June 2025
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Trump’s entire economic agenda is sitting on a knife’s edge.—
Phil Mattingly,
CNN Money,
6 June 2025
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“Rapier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rapier. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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