[sawrd, sohrd] 
| 1. | a weapon having various forms but consisting typically of a long, straight or slightly curved blade, sharp-edged on one or both sides, with one end pointed and the other fixed in a hilt or handle. |
| 2. | this weapon as the symbol of military power, punitive justice, authority, etc.: The pen is mightier than the sword. |
| 3. | a cause of death or destruction. |
| 4. | war, combat, slaughter, or violence, esp. military force or aggression: to perish by the sword. |
| 5. | (initial capital letter ) Military. the code name for one of the five D-Day invasion beaches on France's Normandy coast, assaulted by British forces. |
| 6. | at swords' points, mutually antagonistic or hostile; opposed: Father and son are constantly at swords' point. |
| 7. | cross swords,
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| 8. | put to the sword, to slay; execute: The entire population of the town was put to the sword. |