halberd

noun

variants also halbert
Definition of halberdnext
as in trident

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Recent Examples of halberd Those Swiss guards would take that halberd and just take you down. — Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026 During different events, the guards will add white gloves, a black helmet and/or the halberd. — Greta Cross, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025 The retainer then struck her down with a halberd, set the mansion ablaze, and committed seppuku. — Nicholas Liu, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2024 Also, his halberd starts fritzing on the floor before fading out of existence, a reminder that this is all virtual reality—or rather, VR within VR, the metatextual framing of Ubisoft’s latest Assassin’s Creed game. — WIRED, 16 Nov. 2023 For the uninitiated, a halberd is a medieval weapon that looks like a combination of a spear and an axe. — cleveland.com, 18 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for halberd
  1. trident
  2. spear
  3. harpoon
  4. lance
  5. pike
  6. javelin
Noun
  • The club's name is a reference to the trident, Ukraine's national symbol.
    — Brian Mann, NPR, 25 June 2026
  • The Kings’ success will rest in how well Los Angeles adapts to Laviolette’s coaching trident.
    — Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
Definition of trident
Noun
  • After neutralizing Tozawa, Breakker hit another super spear on Otis with Maxxine looking on from the top rope.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Their ability to absorb the energy of colliding cars—forcing rails to curl up, rather than spear—is the result of decades of clever engineering.
    — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Definition of spear
Noun
  • There are cool weapons, like a lethal surface-to-air dragon harpoon.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 June 2026
  • Kitchen utensils hung from a harpoon for catching octopus, and a wicker basket of swim fins sat expectantly by the open door.
    — Rachel Howard, Travel + Leisure, 7 May 2026
Definition of harpoon
Noun
  • Bottom cleaners use lances to scrape biofoul off hulls.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 23 June 2026
  • Um dos lances mais bonitos da nossa história.
    — Stuart James, New York Times, 16 June 2026
Definition of lance
Noun
  • Hicks’s fish topped the previous Idaho catch-and-release pike by ¾ inch, caught by Scott Blahnik in 2020 from Coeur d’Alene Lake.
    — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 23 July 2026
  • The pike is a dynamic but destabilizing force on the body, which is excellent for balance recovery.
    — Mallory Creveling, Health, 9 July 2026
Definition of pike
Noun
  • Nebraska's Dyson Wicker won the pole vault at an NCAA-leading 19-2 1/4, and Texas A&M senior Zaza Nnamdi took javelin at 269-10.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 June 2026
  • In the girls field events, South Hadley’s Natalie Rios threw her personal best and achieved third best javelin throw in the state at 125-04.
    — Hannah Hughes, Boston Herald, 7 June 2026
Definition of javelin

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