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Meanings of brandish in English

Portuguese
agitar
Catalan
brandejar
Spanish
balancear

Move or swing back and forth.

        agitar

        The act of waving.

              Synonyms
              Examples for "flourish"
              Examples for "flourish"
              1
              However, away from official channels, unregulated grey market trade continues to flourish.
              Reuters
              2
              However, away from official channels, unregulated gray market trade continues to flourish.
              Reuters
              3
              To flourish it must attract new designers, new ideas and new muses.
              The Guardian
              4
              Without this an environment conducive to state capture will continue to flourish.
              The South African
              5
              And American Pharaoh has helped these sites flourish in the past year.
              Wired
              Usage of brandish in English
              1
              The insurgency thing terrified us and we had to brandish the change.
              The Guardian
              2
              But she had the task force to brandish over the dispatch box.
              The Guardian
              3
              I'm not playing about with men who brandish revolvers all the time.
              Five on a treasure island
              4
              Shrill yells resound on every hand, brown arms brandish flashes of brightness.
              The False Chevalier / or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette
              5
              Why brandish in that hand of thine a javelin of pointed steel?
              The $30,000 Bequest, and Other Stories
              6
              And preferably one with nuclear weapons he'll brandish but never use.
              Reuters
              7
              Vega was known to brandish a knife at anybody who made disobliging remarks.
              The Irish Times
              8
              It's her story, and she'll brandish it how she sees fit.
              Wired
              9
              He began to talk wildly, and to brandish the loaded gun.
              Bobby of the Labrador
              10
              Some groups seem to be dancing as they brandish their knives.
              Under Fire: The Story of a Squad
              11
              Some of them brandish their IDs, as if they were conducting a census.
              Say you're one of them
              12
              He tried to brandish his new weapon, but it was heavier than he'd thought.
              The Bone Doll's Twin
              13
              Mothers fainted, fathers sobbed, the condemned would brandish the Koran.
              Reuters
              14
              There is no need to brandish them in my face.
              The Little Warrior
              15
              The hedges to either side brandish spikes edged with a nacreous rind of blight.
              The Fuller Memorandum
              16
              With that he snatched a good tough oaken cudgel, and began to brandish it.
              The History of John Bull
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              Translations for brandish
              Brandish through the time
              Brandish across language varieties
              United Kingdom
              Common