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A sword is a cutting and/or thrusting weapon.
Sword, Swords, or The Sword may also refer to:
Places
edit- Swords, Dublin, a large suburban town in the Irish capital
- Swords, Georgia, a community in the United States
- Sword Beach, code name for the Normandy Coast landing area on D-day in World War II
Arts, media, and entertainment
editFilm and television
edit- Swords (TV series), a documentary TV series on the Discovery Channel
- The Sword (1980 film), a 1980 film by Patrick Tam Kar-Ming
- Ken (film), a 1964 Japanese film also known as "The Sword"
- Talvar (film), a 2015 Indian film by Meghna Gulzar, also known as Sword
- "The Sword", an episode of the DiC cartoon G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
Literature
edit- S.W.O.R.D. (comics), a fictional counterterrorism and intelligence agency in Marvel Comics
- S.W.O.R.D. (The Saint), a fictional criminal organization in the novel The Saint and the Fiction Makers
- The Sword (magazine), the magazine of the British Fencing Association
- The Sword (comics), a comic book series from the Luna Brothers
- HMS Sword, a fictional submarine in Jules Verne's novel Facing the Flag
- The Sword, a novel by Deborah Chester
Music
edit- Sword (band), a Canadian heavy metal band
- Swords (band), an indie rock band
- The Sword, an American heavy metal band
- Swords (album), a compilation album of b-sides from Morrissey's studio releases
- "Swords" (Leftfield song), 2000
- "Swords" (M.I.A. song), 2016
Other media
edit- The SWORD Project, the CrossWire Bible Society's Bible software project
- Sword, an opponent in the video game Yie Ar Kung-Fu
- TheSword.com, a gay news and lifestyle website
- Swords, a 2010 first-person fighting Wii game
- Pokémon Sword, one of the two paired Pokémon Sword and Shield games for the Nintendo Switch
Business and technology
edit- SWORD (protocol), a network storage protocol
- SWORDS, a ground-based military robot
- SWORD-financing, a special form of raising capital
Other uses
edit- The Sword (public house), a pub in Gloucester, England
- The Sword of Moses, an apocryphal book of magic
- Suit of swords, a suit in Latin-suited playing cards and Tarot decks
- HMS Sword (F145), a proposed ship of the Royal Navy
People with the name
edit- Carolyn Swords (born 1989), American basketball player
- Kevin Swords (born 1960), American rugby player
- Kyle Swords (born 1974), American soccer player
- Sam Sword (born 1974), American football player
- Shawn Swords (born 1973), Canadian basketball coach
- Syla Swords (born 2006), Canadian basketball player
- Tommy Sword (born 1957), British football player