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sabre
[ sey-ber ]
sabre
/ ˈseɪbə /
noun
- a stout single-edged cavalry sword, having a curved blade
- a sword used in fencing, having a narrow V-shaped blade, a semicircular guard, and a slightly curved hand
- a cavalry soldier
verb
- tr to injure or kill with a sabre
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sabre1
C17: via French from German (dialect) Sabel, from Middle High German sebel, perhaps from Magyar száblya; compare Russian sablya sabre
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Example Sentences
Picture this: Mr Gilliver is stood in a pitch black fishing boat hut, dressed head to toe in dark clothing, holding a “light sabre”.
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Then again his sabre rattling in the past hasn’t come to much, so perhaps it wouldn’t again?
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This in addition to his nuclear sabre rattling if he deems the West as posing an intolerable threat to Russia via the Ukraine war.
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Escalation is always a worry when it involves a nuclear armed state, and the Kremlin has not been afraid to occasionally rattle its nuclear sabre.
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The 26-year-old won her first match in the women's individual sabre competition, but was then knocked out in the last 16.
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