sabred
Cut with blade
Sabred is the past tense of sabre, meaning struck or killed with a sabre—a curved cavalry sword.
The spelling is British; American English uses sabered.
The word appears mainly in historical military contexts: The cavalry sabred the fleeing infantry.
Figuratively, to sabre is to cut down or slash aggressively.
Cut with force
- chargedFormally accused of crime
- attackedActed aggressively against
- horsebackAtop a steed
- mountedFixed in position
cavalry · hussar · dragoon · lancer · blade · charge · melee · skirmish
Forceful forward motion
- parriedBlocked an attack
- lungedThrust body forward suddenly
- riposteSwift clever reply
- touchéAcknowledgment of valid counterpoint
épée · foil · fencer · bout · piste · en garde · feint · blade
Reduce or fell
- slashedCut with force
- attackedActed aggressively against
- criticizedExpressed disapproval of
- decimatedDestroyed most of
eviscerated · excoriated · wounded · struck · damaged · destroyed · gutted · savaged
slashed
Cut with force
mounted · cavalry · hussar · dragoon · lancer · blade · charge · melee · skirmish · battlefield
thrust
Forceful forward motion
touché · épée · foil · fencer · bout · piste · en garde · feint · blade · attack
cut down
Reduce or fell
- slashedCut with force
- attackedActed aggressively against
- criticizedExpressed disapproval of
decimated · eviscerated · excoriated · wounded · struck · damaged · destroyed · gutted · savaged · mauled
- sabre-toothed tigerExtinct feline with elongated fangs
- sabre rattlingThreatening military display
- sabre-toothed catFanged prehistoric feline predator
- rattling the sabreThreatening military action theatrically
- rattling one's sabreAggressive military posturing
- rattle the sabreThreaten war without fighting