Synonyms for damocles
ˈdæm əˌklizdamo·cles

Princeton's WordNet

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. Rafael Molina:

   It was done with the sword of Damocles hanging over them.

2. Andres Rozental:

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

3. Carlos Pascual:

   There's no doubt this leaves a Damocles sword hanging over Lopez Obrador's head.

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. Philippe Varin:

   We need to find an equitable sharing of the risk of the Finland project, which is a sword of Damocles that has weighed on the group for a long time and which can compromise any future scenario.