sword fights
Clashing steel battles
Sword fights are combat between opponents wielding swords, whether actual duels or staged confrontations in film, theater, or sport.
The term often evokes swashbuckling adventure: The movie's sword fights were expertly choreographed.
Fencing matches are technically sword fights, though the term usually suggests something less formal and more dramatic than Olympic competition.
- duelPrearranged one-on-one combat
- clashViolent disagreement or collision
- bladeFlat cutting edge
- steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy
- en gardeFencer's ready stance
parry · thrust · cut and thrust · fencing · saber · rapier · swashbuckler · combat · sparring · lunge · riposte · clang · knight · pirate · honor · blood · arena · foil
- adventure fictionpirates, treasure hunts, shipwrecks, sea voyages, exploration
- martial arts filmskung fu, karate, ninja, samurai, wuxia
- Ren fairejousting, knights, mead, turkey legs, jesters
- Renaissance fairejousting, maypole dance, feast, masquerade ball, harvest festival
- swashbucklersswashbuckler, swashbucklers, swashbuckling, pirate, pirates
- stage violencestage combat, duels, battle scenes, stabbing, stabbings
sword fightsgunfights
Armed combat exchanges
gunplay · shootouts · firefights · drone strikes · artillery bombardment
sword fightspeace talks
Formal conflict-resolution discussions
negotiations · peace negotiations · diplomacy · mediation · arbitration
sword fightsembracing
Holding warmly, willingly accepting
cooperation · handholding · peaceful assembly · stillness · meditation
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