unsheathe
verb (used with object)
to draw from a sheath, as a sword, knife, or the like.
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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Such was His wish and counsel, and yet they that bear His name have unsheathed the sword!
From Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era by J. E. (John Ebenezer) Esslemont