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sword of Damocles

noun

1 sword of Damocles

A constant and imminent peril.

Polish: miecz Damoklesowy, miecz Damoklesa

Roget 667: rocks, reefs, coral reef, sunken rocks, snags; sands, quicksands; syrt, syrtis; Goodwin sands, sandy foundation; slippery ground; breakers, shoals, ... show more


Moby thesaurus: bulldozing, chanciness, commination, criticalness, delicacy, denunciation, doubtfulness, dubiousness, empty threat, foreboding, hazardousness, idle threat, imminence, implied threat, insecurity, instability, intimidation, menace, perilousness, precariousness ... show more.

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