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verb (used with object)
1.
to shake or wave, as a weapon; flourish: Brandishing his sword, he rode into battle.
noun
2.
a flourish or waving, as of a weapon.
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Brandishing
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Example Sentences
- Porfili jumped out of the car and began brandishing his ax.
- Activists bustle backwards and forwards brandishing sheaves of paper.
- Leaping from trees and brandishing boughs, apes charge downhill in a wild rain dance.
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Word Origin & History
brandish
mid-14c., from O.Fr. brandiss-, prp. stem of brandir "to flourish (a sword)" (12c.), from brant "blade of a sword, prow of a ship," of Frankish origin (see brand). Related: Brandished; brandishing.
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