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Meanings of rapier in English
Russian
рапира 
1970S surface-to-air missile system by BAC.
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Usage of rapier in English
1
It seeks to use state power as a rapier not a bludgeon.
2
Dahlgren's rapier tip moved slowly from right to left, with mesmerizing effect.
3
Strickland employed not the rapier of sarcasm but the bludgeon of invective.
4
Once more he was thrusting at her with the rapier of truth.
5
A real smile this time, and I didn't see a rapier anywhere.
6
The judge smiled, perhaps appreciating the rapier sharp thrust of his interrogator.
7
Beaumarchef again made a motion of executing a thrust with the rapier.
8
Tom's blood quickened at the feel of the rapier in his hand.
9
The rapier entered just below his thread with a dull chucking stab.
10
Cleggett, for the first time, felt a little impatient with the rapier.
11
And he flamed at me while his hand dropped to his rapier.
12
They might have been compared to a rapier and a two-handed broadsword.
13
These discussions, involving the swift rapier play of intelligences, Colonel Winwood enjoyed.
14
A third assassin came at them with a rapier and a knife.
15
A glove and rapier, a turret and a postern gate for adventure.
16
Louvois gathered himself up, and shot his rapier back into its sheath.
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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