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  • noun The point or tip of a sword.

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Examples

  • Joe Lieberman and Juan Williams were just two men who strongly disagreed with Conservatives but have been marched off the gangplank at swordpoint by the American Left for not being nasty enough.

    The Relentless Conservative: David Gregory Finally Goes After a Democrat The Relentless Conservative 2011

  • In the closing scene, a drunken Viserys (Lloyd) holds his pregnant sister Daenerys (Emilia Clarke) at swordpoint and demands that her husband Khal Drogo (Jason Momoa) deliver the crown that Viserys was promised, or he'll cut out the unborn child.

    Game of Thrones Postmortem: Harry Lloyd on Viserys' Golden Crown 2011

  • Most of the economic and political progress that has been made since the Dark Ages has been a matter of prying the loot and the land out of the hands of the warlords and bandit-kings and then devising new and ever more ingenious ways of preventing them from taking it back at swordpoint.

    Lance Mannion: 2009

  • Most of the economic and political progress that has been made since the Dark Ages has been a matter of prying the loot and the land out of the hands of the warlords and bandit-kings and then devising new and ever more ingenious ways of preventing them from taking it back at swordpoint.

    The health care debate and other economic crimes looked at another way 2009

  • So we come to the Dude's favoured punishment: Running the gauntlet, a navy punishment for thieves (how apt), in which a man was forced at swordpoint through two lines of his fellows who would beat him with rope braids.

    Disposing of politicians Not a sheep 2008

  • So we come to the Dude's favoured punishment: Running the gauntlet, a navy punishment for thieves (how apt), in which a man was forced at swordpoint through two lines of his fellows who would beat him with rope braids.

    Archive 2008-04-01 Not a sheep 2008

  • Tiger Liu insists somebody from the Fong household is going to marry his daughter, so he catches up with Fong Sai-yuk and captures him at swordpoint, leading to plenty more opportunities for misunderstandings, slapstick, and kung fu fighting.

    Archive 2007-07-01 2007

  • He then insisted that the driver “apologize at swordpoint” in front of a small crowd that had gathered.

    Non ferir! | clusterflock 2009

  • Tiger Liu insists somebody from the Fong household is going to marry his daughter, so he catches up with Fong Sai-yuk and captures him at swordpoint, leading to plenty more opportunities for misunderstandings, slapstick, and kung fu fighting.

    Kung Fu Night! The Legend 2007

  • And while contracts made at swordpoint are rarely enforceable in a court of law, one suspects the troll will not be suing Mirka to enforce it.

    “How Mirka Got Her Sword,” Page 42 2008

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