Thesaurus: sabre

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1. n. A sword with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and usually more or less curved like a scimiter; a cavalry sword.
2. v. t. To strike, cut, or kill with a saber; to cut down, as with a saber.
3. n. & v. See Saber.
4. n. a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle
5. n. a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back
6. v. cut or injure with a saber
7. v. kill with a saber
8. A sword with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and usually more or less curved like a scimiter; a cavalry sword. Saber fish, or Sabre fish (Zoöl.), the cutlass fish. To strike, cut, or kill with a saber; to cut down, as with a saber. You send troops to saber and bayonet us into submission. Burke. See Saber.
9. n:100 v. cut or injure with a saber