Usually means: Removing a sword from its scabbard.
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  1. unsheathing: Merriam-Webster
  2. unsheathing: Collins English Dictionary
  3. unsheathing: Vocabulary.com
  4. unsheathing: Wordnik
  5. unsheathing: Wiktionary
  6. unsheathing: Dictionary.com
  7. unsheathing: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  8. unsheathing: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. unsheathing: Legal dictionary

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▸ noun:  The removal of something from a sheath.

Similar:
bare, desheathing, exsheathment, excortication, exfoliation, exsection, shedding, abscission, decortication, severing, more...

Types:
parry, lunge, draw, slash, backhand, disengage, more...

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Similar:
bare, desheathing, exsheathment, excortication, exfoliation, exsection, shedding, abscission, decortication, severing, more...

Types:
parry, lunge, draw, slash, backhand, disengage, more...



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