Thesaurus results for SWORDS

swords

noun

plural of sword

as in blades

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 swords Magical swords that can make a man as mighty as a god. —

Richard Edwards, Space.com, 3 Mar. 2026 The two heavyweights have already crossed swords once this campaign, with City mounting a comeback to beat record 15-times European champions Real 2-1 in December’s group stage match. —

Reuters, NBC news, 27 Feb. 2026 Officers then opened the shipment and found the swords and arrowheads, according to CBP. —

Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026 This is mainly a lot of wrangling of children and the addition of a rabbit and some wooden swords. —

Alice Burton, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026 Long metal rods doubled as swords, oars and crutches — used as both an artistic instrument and a tool to help actors with amputations keep balance. —

ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026 Being trained in combat, and armed with swords, spears, and bows and arrows, the gladiators were able to turn the tables on the wild beasts; the result was another predictable slaughter, in this case of the animals. —

Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026 For several minutes, humanoids from Unitree Robotics showed different sequences and even brandished swords. —

Ken Moritsugu, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026 Little would the playwright have imagined that something yet to be invented called social media would one day be more powerful than swords, bullets and bombs. —

Sandeep Gopalan, Baltimore Sun, 3 Feb. 2026

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Noun

The blades are fine, but players will gravitate toward one style and power it up for the rest of the campaign.

— Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
And in a game where steel blades, hard sticks, solid ice, boards, glass and a rubber disc flying at 100 miles per hour are all part of the equation, that depth can and will surely be tested as March turns to May for a team with designs on a deep run.

— Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 10 Mar. 2026