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broadsword

[ brawd-sawrd, -sohrd ]

noun

  1. a sword having a straight, broad, flat blade.


broadsword

/ ˈ²ú°ùɔ˻åËŒ²õɔ˻å /

noun

  1. a broad-bladed sword used for cutting rather than stabbing Also calledbacksword
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Origin of broadsword1

before 1000; Middle English brood swerd, Old English brÄd sweord. See broad, sword
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Tribune News Service critic Katie Walsh described the film as “a social satire that wields a scalpel, not a cleaving broadsword, as it surgically slices through the many hypocrisies of the culture industry at large.â€

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The public will be able to see the solid-silver-hilted broadsword from March next year.

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There were lessons in horsemanship and broadsword handling.

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He routinely completed samurai training, grappling training and broadsword training beginning at five in the morning.

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It starts out small and thin, like a rapier’s blade, but I push more of the splendor into it, until I’m holding what looks like a massive broadsword.

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