turn swords into plowshares

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• beat/turn swords into plowshares — see ↑sword • • • Main Entry: ↑plowshare beat/turn swords into plowshares literary : to stop fighting wars and begin to live peacefully • • • Main Entry: ↑sword …   Useful english dictionary

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• Swords to ploughshares — is a concept in which military weapons or technologies are converted for peaceful civilian applications. The plowshare is often used to symbolize creative tools that benefit mankind, as opposed to destructive tools of war, symbolized by the sword …   Wikipedia

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• disarm — v 1. unarm, unman, disable, render defenseless or helpless or powerless, take the teeth out of. 2. lay down arms, sheathe the sword, turn swords into plowshares; demobilize, demilitarize, deactivate, disband. 3. set at ease, put [s.o. s] mind at… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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