Swing and Wield

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Swing verb - Make a big sweeping gesture or movement.

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Wield is a synonym for swing in brandish topic. In some cases you can use "Wield" instead a verb "Swing".

Nearby Words: swinging, swinger, swingle

Wield verb - To bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively.

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Swing is a synonym for wield in brandish topic. You can use "Swing" instead a verb "Wield", if it concerns topics such as control.

Nearby Word: wielding

fire	swing fire	wield fire
way	swing way	wield way
size	swing size	wield size
hammer	swing hammer	wield hammer
Other words: bat, blade, weapon, axe, sword, bats, spells, weapons, swords, axes, hammers, blades.

Jak 3: Wastelander has sort of a gladiator pit with periodically rising, deadly lava, and guys that swing their pointy, deadly swords at Jak (who gets to wield a gun).

Source: Deadly Training Area
Regular, armored Marines need two hands to wield these things, but Terminators swing them about one-handed.

Source: Characters / Warhammer 40000 Astartes
Thus, if you wield your food as a weapon, you will never miss when you swing at a monster, and one hit will instantly kill anything.

Source: Good Bad Bugs / Roguelike

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