(~s)
1.
A ~ is a weapon with a handle and a long sharp blade.
N-COUNT
2.
If you cross ~s with someone, you disagree with them and argue with them about something.
...a candidate who’s crossed ~s with Labor by supporting the free-trade pact...
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR with n, pl-n PHR
3.
If you say that something is a double-edged ~ or a two-edged ~, you mean that it has negative effects as well as positive effects.
PHRASE: N inflects
4.
Sword of Damocles: see Damocles