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• n  a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle
• n  a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back
• v  cut or injure with a saber
• v  kill with a saber

• After years of empty saber rattling, NATO at last unsheathes its sword and strikes at the Bosnian Serbs, punishing them for the massacre of 37 Sarajevans, driving them to the .
• So as much as he rattles his saber at the West, the President is in no position to act on any of this threats.
• President Barack Obama uses a light saber as he watches a demonstration of fencing with Tim Morehouse, who won a silver medal in Men's Saber Fencing at the Beijing Olympics, during .

• sabre
• cavalry sword

News & Articles

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• TSA agents stop Chewbacca actor over light saber
  Not even Chewbacca and his light saber get a free pass with airport security before being cleared to travel.
  June 13, 2013 - FOX 28 South Bend
• Video: College sophomore builds a "real life" light saber
  A central Illinois college sophomore has built something close to a "real life" light saber. The beam is so powerful it can burn through paper and wood. It's about 600 times more powerful than a regular laser pointer.
  June 12, 2013 - CBS News
• 'Chewbacca' says TSA detained his light saber
  DENVER, June 11 (UPI) -- The actor who played Chewbacca in "Star Wars" said Twitter led the Transportation Security Administration to release his light saber cane at Denver's airport.
  June 11, 2013 - UPI