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ˈdæm əˌklizdamo·cles

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  1. Damoclesnoun

    the Greek courtier to Dionysius the Elder who (according to legend) was condemned to sit under a naked sword that was suspended by a hair in order to demonstrate to him that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was (4th century BC)

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  1. Andrew Tabler:

    Having a sword of Damocles having over Assad's head is not necessarily a bad thing.

  2. Andres Rozental:

    We will have the sword of Damocles hanging over us until the election next November.

  3. Angela Merkel:

    We are happy to negotiate, but it mustn't be under a sword of Damocles.

  4. David Vigilante:

    I've never encountered a situation like this, i felt like there was a sword of Damocles over me for the year.

  5. Josh Matz:

    A lot of folks think that impeachment is this mechanical process and that when the president commits high crimes and misdemeanors, [ it ] just falls out of the sky like some kind of sword of Damocles, i'm here to tell you that it doesn't. Congress has to decide whether impeachment is the right move.


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