variants
or sabre
as in broadsword
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Susan Baek Fencing uses three different weapons: epee (or épée), foil, and saber.
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NBC News, 28 July 2024
All the while, Moscow continues to rattle its nuclear saber.
—Jens Stoltenberg, Foreign Affairs, 3 July 2024
Some juvenile Smilodon fatalis skulls had two sets of sabers—four blade-like teeth.
—Katie Cottingham, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
There hadn't been an all-U.S. final in an Olympic fencing event since 2008, when Zagunis beat Sada Jacobson in saber as part of an American podium sweep.
—CBS News, 29 July 2024
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NBC News, 28 July 2024
All the while, Moscow continues to rattle its nuclear saber.
—Jens Stoltenberg, Foreign Affairs, 3 July 2024
Some juvenile Smilodon fatalis skulls had two sets of sabers—four blade-like teeth.
—Katie Cottingham, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
There hadn't been an all-U.S. final in an Olympic fencing event since 2008, when Zagunis beat Sada Jacobson in saber as part of an American podium sweep.
—CBS News, 29 July 2024
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“Saber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saber. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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