What is another word for pikes?

Pronunciation: [pˈa͡ɪks] (IPA)

When we think of the word "pikes," we often associate it with spears or long, pointed weapons used by soldiers in battle. However, there are many synonyms for the word pikes, each with their own unique connotations. For example, you could use "lances" to imply a more elegant, jousting-like weapon. "Halberds" or "polearms" might evoke an image of a more cumbersome, intimidating weapon. "Glaives" are similar to pikes but have an asymmetrical blade at the end, while "staves" are long sticks or poles used as weapons (or sometimes for support in walking). Whatever the context, understanding these various synonyms can help us better convey our intended meaning and tone.

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What are the hypernyms for Pikes?

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Usage examples for Pikes

When the rebels retreated along the Wicklow road, they threw several pikes over the wall close to our lodge gates.
"Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer"
W. C. Scully
Opening the door of what was supposed to be a wine cellar, he showed us a stand of twenty muskets, with pistols and pikes, several casks of powder and cases of bullets.
"Paddy Finn"
W. H. G. Kingston
Boarding pikes were arranged so as to be easily seized if wanted.
"Paddy Finn"
W. H. G. Kingston

Famous quotes with Pikes

  • Socialism, or the Red Republic, is all one; for it would tear down the tricolour and set up the red flag. It would make penny pieces out of the Column Vendome. It would knock down the statue of Napoleon and raise up that of Marat in its stead. It would suppress the Académie, the Ecole Polytechnique, and the Legion of Honour. To the grand device Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity, it would add “Ou la mort. It would bring about a general bankruptcy. It would ruin the rich without enriching the poor. It would destroy labour, which gives to each one his bread. It would abolish property and family. It would march about with the heads of the proscribed on pikes, fill the prisons with the suspected, and empty them by massacres. It would convert France into the country of gloom. It would strangle liberty, stifle the arts, silence thought, and deny God. It would bring into action these two fatal machines, one of which never works without the other—the assignat press and the guillotine. In a word, it would do in cold blood what the men of 1793 did in fever, and after the grand horrors which our fathers saw, we should have the horrible in all that was low and small.
    Victor Hugo

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