to put someone to the sword
1put someone to the sword — literary phrase to kill someone with a sword Thesaurus: to kill a person or animalsynonym to kill yourselfhyponym Main entry: sword * * * put (someone) t …
2put someone to the sword — literary to kill someone with a sword …
3put to the sword — KILL, execute, put to death, murder, butcher, slaughter, massacre, cut down; poetic/literary slay. → sword * * * put to the sword see under ↑sword • • • Main Entry: ↑put put to the sword 1. (of armies, etc) to kill (prisoners, etc) by the sword 2 …
4put to the sword — If someone is put to the sword, he or she is killed or executed …
5put to the sword — If someone is put to the sword, he or she is killed or executed. (Dorking School Dictionary) …
6sword — [ sɔrd ] noun count ** a weapon with a short handle and a long sharp blade cross swords (with someone) to disagree or argue with someone about something: Once again, they are crossing swords over the issue of welfare reform. a double edged/two… …
7sword */*/ — UK [sɔː(r)d] / US [sɔrd] noun [countable] Word forms sword : singular sword plural swords a weapon with a short handle and a long sharp blade • cross swords (with someone) to disagree or argue with someone about something The two of them have… …
8List of The Sword of Truth characters — This article is about the characters in Terry Goodkind s epic fantasy series The Sword of Truth, also expanded to its television version Legend of the Seeker. Contents 1 Protagonists 1.1 Richard Rahl …
9Characters in The Sword of Truth — This is a list of notable characters from Terry Goodkind s epic fantasy series The Sword of Truth. Major charactersAdieAdie is described as a tall fine looking woman with a strong jaw line. She wears the simple tan robe of a coarse weave denoting …
10sword — [so:d US so:rd] n [: Old English; Origin: sweord] 1.) a weapon with a long pointed blade and a handle 2.) a/the sword of Damocles literary a bad thing that might happen at any time ▪ The treaty hung like a sword of Damocles over French politics.… …
