BRANDISHES Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

brandishes

verb

present tense third-person singular of brandish

as in waves

to put into view in a threatening or excited manner She brandished a stick at the dog. brandished a petition signed by hundreds of town residents

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Recent Examples of brandishes Kung Po Iberico Pork gets sweetness from the apple but still brandishes that spice. — Connie Ogle july 31, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026 No Elliot Stabler wannabe brandishes fists in her face. — Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 24 Mar. 2026 Christa gleefully brandishes a page she’s ripped out of the phonebook that has her childhood address on it. — Hazlitt, 10 Dec. 2025 Harrelson brandishes that anything-goes leer that never gets old. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 Nov. 2025 The actor playing Brown wears a red hooded sweatshirt and brandishes a pocket knife similar to the one police say Brown used to fatally stab Zarutska. — Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 16 Sep. 2025 When a trompo taco is ordered, a cook brandishes a knife of ferocious sharpness, shaving a thin, broad piece large enough to overhang the corn tortilla it’s laid upon. — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025

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Picture a doorman who checks your ID with great care, then waves you into any apartment in the building.

— Julian Durand, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
The Spa At the beach-level spa, the windows were left wide open during my 60-minute Salt Air Reset massage, making all-natural birdsong and waves the soundtrack of my treatment.

— Katie Nanton, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2026

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Atlanta Drive announces roster for inaugural season A new era of women’s golf lands in November.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 1 Sep. 2026
In an interview with the Tribune-Review, the filmmaker said the movie is about a steelworker who loses his job when the mill announces a shutdown.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of announces

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The Miami-Dade Animal Services website advertises a combo vaccination that includes the panleukopenia virus vaccine and protects against rabies as well for $40.

— Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026
And although Engwe advertises a 55-mile maximum range, that figure assumes ideal conditions.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of advertises

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The Texatron produces this powerful field dynamically during the pulse itself, avoiding the need for massive static coils.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
Farmers are reluctant to plant John Boelts grows vegetables, melons, durum wheat and other crops in Yuma, Arizona — a region that produces about 90% of leafy greens eaten in North America during the winter.

— Wufei Yu, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026

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