Meaning of swordbreaker | Babel Free

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Noun. [C1]

Examples

“When he is accused of being “still a hick, like⟳ your old man,” he recoils violently from the thought of reliving his father’s insignificant life. “Today I’m famous for being crazy,” he replies, ‘‘tomorrow I’ll be famous as a swordsman.” For a while, Musashi considers using his father’s swordbreaker in his duel but discards the iron⟳ fork, after he melodramatically announces that “I can give⟳ up my life—but not my name⟳.””

“and lock⟳ blades, but unevenly, so that his opponent would have⟳ an opportunity to use⟳ his swordbreaker in the way that gave it its name⟳. Except while he was doing that, Arlian would be able to plunge his own⟳ swordbreaker into Horim's side […]”

“Two examples are the Chinese swordbreaker and the European swordbreaker. The Chinese swordbreaker was about thirty-four inches (86cm) and weighed around three-and-a half pounds (1600 grams).”

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