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soared (SOHRD) (verb)
1. Flowed or sailed often at a great height by floating on air currents: "The eagle soared high in the sky above us."
2. To have risen quickly upward to a great height: "The ball soared out of the stadium."
2. To have risen quickly upward to a great height: "The ball soared out of the stadium."
sword (SOHRD) (noun)
A weapon with a long metal blade that usually has a sharp point and edge: "He was a skilled fighter with a sword."
"There is a saying that people need to beat their swords into plowshares; or, to stop fighting wars and begin to live peacefully."
During the hand-to-hand fight, the man's rapier flew into the air; that is, the opponent's sword soared out of control.
He who lives by the sword dies by the sword or, in other words, those who view war as a solution to a national or international problem will ultimately be destroyed by their own soaring violence.
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(Latin: sword)
(Greek: sword)
(Latin: a kind of short sword or scimiter)
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“sword”
He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword (Matthew 26:52)
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Bible Quotations used in modern English
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Two edged sword (Proverbs 5:4)
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Bible Quotations used in modern English
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