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smallsword

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as in saber

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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
But then, after weeks of saber rattling, the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran.

— Bella Bromberg, ARTnews.com, 21 Apr. 2026

Definition of saber

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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
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

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The free festa features a wine garden and tastings, a cultural and culinary stage, live entertainment, a grape stomp, Roman encampment and sword demos, a children’s zone and an Italian fashion show.

— Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 19 July 2026
Messi, though, was overcome with the emotion of having assisted on two lethal goals that put a metaphorical sword right through King Harry’s chest.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026

Definition of sword

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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
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

Definition of scimitar

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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
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

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