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  • sword of Damocles — noun a constant and imminent peril the possibility hangs over their heads like the sword of Damocles • Hypernyms: ↑hazard, ↑jeopardy, ↑peril, ↑risk, ↑endangerment …   Useful english dictionary

  • sword — [so:d US so:rd] n [: Old English; Origin: sweord] 1.) a weapon with a long pointed blade and a handle 2.) a/the sword of Damocles literary a bad thing that might happen at any time ▪ The treaty hung like a sword of Damocles over French politics.… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Damocles Point — (69°39′S 69°21′W / 69.65°S 69.35°W / 69.65; 69.35) is a point on the east coast of Alexander Island, 3 nautical miles (6 km) east southeast of the south summit of Mount …   Wikipedia

  • sword — noun (C) 1 a weapon with a long pointed blade and a handle 2 put sb to the sword old use to kill someone with a sword 3 sword of Damocles literary the possibility of something bad or dangerous happening at any time: The treaty hung like a sword… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • swordof Damocles — sword of Damocles n. Constant threat; imminent peril: “the Latin American debt, overhanging American banks like the sword of Damocles” (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.).   [AfterDamocles.] * * * …   Universalium

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  • December 1900 — January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – December December 14, 1900: Max Planck presents the first paper on quantum mechanics, to the German Physical Society …   Wikipedia

  • Legislative Council of New Zealand — Der Legislative Council of New Zealand war von 1853 bis 1951 das Oberhaus des neuseeländischen Parlamentes. Im Gegensatz zum gewählten Unterhaus, dem New Zealand House of Representatives, wurde es ernannt. Der Legislative Council war als… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • dangerous — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Not safe] Syn. perilous, unsafe, hazardous, risky, precarious, treacherous, unprotected, unshielded, unsheltered, critical, serious, vulnerable, exposed, involving risk, full of risk, threatening, alarming, portentous,… …   English dictionary for students

  • Deviant (comics) — For other uses, see Deviant (disambiguation). Deviant Publication information Publisher Marvel Comics First appearance The Eternals vol. 1, #1 (July 1976) …   Wikipedia

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