as in blade
a hand weapon with a length of metal sharpened on one or both sides and usually tapered to a sharp point
once upon a time dueling with swords was the gentlemanly way to settle a point of honor
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Recent Examples of sword
Let’s put our swords down for the good of sports.
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Andrew McCarty, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
The trailer highlights the series' signature bone-crunching, sword-swinging action alongside glimpses of Tarabay's rags-to-riches Ashur navigating the politics of the elite.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Nov. 2025
The girls are put to the fire anyway, and when the sudden appearance of a crusading Nilfgaardian army seems to offer a chance of escape, Beata is simply killed by a random soldier’s sword.
—Scott Meslow, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
Reum dressed up as the antagonist of the film, Captain Hook, wearing a big pirate hat, a sword and his very own hook hand.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
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Andrew McCarty, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
The trailer highlights the series' signature bone-crunching, sword-swinging action alongside glimpses of Tarabay's rags-to-riches Ashur navigating the politics of the elite.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Nov. 2025
The girls are put to the fire anyway, and when the sudden appearance of a crusading Nilfgaardian army seems to offer a chance of escape, Beata is simply killed by a random soldier’s sword.
—Scott Meslow, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
Reum dressed up as the antagonist of the film, Captain Hook, wearing a big pirate hat, a sword and his very own hook hand.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sword
Noun
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The blade had perforated Fulcher’s colon, causing severe pain.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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Unlike most of the other choices on our list, Krups’s One Touch uses a blade.—
Jack Byram,
Architectural Digest,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Drawn by its booming steel mills and factories, Black Americans were moving to industrial Pittsburgh in record numbers at the start of the 20th century.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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The helmets’ one-size-fits-all design comprised a manganese steel outer shell and an adjustable inner lining that was attached to a leather chinstrap.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Sword.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sword. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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