sheathe+the+sword

  • 11bury the hatchet — Make peace, be reconciled, sheathe the sword, put up the sword …

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  • 12sheathe — verb Sheathe is used with these nouns as the object: ↑blade, ↑dagger, ↑sword …

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  • 13sheathe — verb 1 (T) to put a knife or sword into a sheath: He sheathed his sword. 2 to be enclosed in a protective outer cover: be sheathed in/with: The nuclear reactor is sheathed with lead …

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  • 14un|sheathe — «uhn SHEETH», transitive verb, sheathed, sheath|ing. 1. to draw (a sword, knife, or the like) from a sheath: »People…as ready to draw a knife on you as a cat was to unsheathe its claws (W. H. Hudson). 2. to bring or put forth from a covering …

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  • 15Sheathed — Sheathe Sheathe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sheathed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sheating}.] [Written also sheath.] 1. To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or cover with, or as with, a sheath or case. [1913 Webster] The leopard . . . keeps the… …

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  • 16Sheating — Sheathe Sheathe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sheathed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sheating}.] [Written also sheath.] 1. To put into a sheath, case, or scabbard; to inclose or cover with, or as with, a sheath or case. [1913 Webster] The leopard . . . keeps the… …

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  • 17Twelve Swords of Power — Doomgiver redirects here. For the Imperial Star Destroyer in the Star Wars expanded universe see Doomgiver (Star Wars). The Twelve Swords of Power, Swords of Power, or swords featured in the epic Fred Saberhagen sci fi/fantasy series, Books of… …

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  • 18Pacification — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Pacification >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 pacification pacification conciliation Sgm: N 1 reconciliation reconciliation reconcilement Sgm: N 1 shaking of hands shaking of hands accommodation arrangement adjustment Sgm …

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  • 19pacification — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Making peace Nouns 1. pacification, conciliation; reconciliation, reconcilement; propitiation, appeasement, mollification, mediation; shaking of hands, accommodation, arrangement, adjustment, compromise; …

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  • 20sheath —    a contraceptive worn by a male    Literally, the covering in which a blade is kept:     It was typical of Murray to call it a sheath, he thought. (Boyd, 1981)    The rare sheathe the sword meant to copulate, using obvious imagery. In literal… …

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