Both Uses
brandish
in
Fever, 1793
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- He pressed ahead, continuing to brandish the sword back and forth wildly.†
p. 142.1
- But he needed me back home, not standing in the street in the dead of night brandishing a bloody sword like a pirate.†
p. 146.4 *brandishing = 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)