All 5 Uses
brandish
in
A Thousand Splendid Suns
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- Women brandished platters of sweets.†
p. 80.7 *brandished = waved or exhibited aggressively
- One of them had then brandished a knife; there was disagreement as to who.†
p. 171.5
- Another Talib behind him brandished a whip.†
p. 286.5
- A gun had been brandished.†
p. 305.1
- Many of the drawings depict tanks running over huts, men brandishing AK-47s, refugee camp tents, scenes of jihad.†
p. 412.6brandishing = waving something or exhibiting it aggressively
Definitions:
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(1)
(brandish) the act of waving something or exhibiting it aggressively
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)