smallsword

Definition of smallswordnext

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Noun
  • As for what a fan might do with such a saber?
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 14 June 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • However, some people have also pointed out that this could just be the game’s version of the regular steel broadsword.
    Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Officers discovered a Subaru Outback parked near the Capitol in July with a rifle, a handgun, multiple knives, axes, a halberd, a rapier sword and a bow and arrow.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 6 Jan. 2021
Noun
  • Kara talks her out of it, and when Ruthye walks away, Kara turns back to Krem and stabs him multiple times with a sword.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 27 June 2026
  • Played by House of the Dragon’s Milly Alcock, Kara’s path crosses that of an angry, sword-wielding teenager, Ruthye Marye Knoll (Eve Ridley), who seeks revenge for her slain family.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • 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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“Smallsword.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smallsword. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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