Past tense of 'brandish': waved or shook something in a bold or threatening way.
Past tense form of 'brandish,' from Old French 'brandir' ultimately tracing to Old Norse 'brandr.'
Every pirate movie scene where a villain brandished a cutlass was the same gesture knights made a thousand years earlier—aggression through display is timeless.
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