verb · transitive · rare

sabre

sa·bre

sabre · sabres · sabred · sabring

To strike or kill with a sabreTo strike or kill with a sabre.

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UK/ˈseɪ.bə/US/ˈseɪ.bɚ/

» The men seized their sharpened sabres without hesitation.

Мужчины, не раздумывая долго, схватились за остро заточенные сабли.

Meaning

2 senses

(Canada, UK, transitive)To strike or kill with a sabre.
kill with a saber
(Canada, UK, transitive)To open (a bottle) via sabrage.

Examples

4 sentences

The men seized their sharpened sabres without hesitation.
ruМужчины, не раздумывая долго, схватились за остро заточенные сабли. — Erviy
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Help me! he repeated while waving his sabre.
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The princess gave her lover a sabre covered with gold.
ruПринцесса подарила своему возлюбленному саблю, покрытую золотом. — odexed
deDie Prinzessin gab ihrem Geliebten einen goldüberzogenen Säbel. — Jens_Odo
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Mary feinted a strike to Tom's face, but then swiftly struck his torso with the tip of her sabre.
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Origin

Borrowed from French sabre, from German Säbel, from Polish szabla, from Hungarian szablya.

Borrowed from French sabre, from German Säbel, from Polish szabla, from Hungarian szablya. Cognate with Danish sabel, Russian са́бля (sáblja), Serbo-Croatian сабља, Sicilian sciàbbula.

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