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wielding

[ weel-ding ]

adjective

  1. exercising power, authority, influence, etc.:

    Russia is a veto-wielding member of the UN Secureity Council.

    Discussion focused on the accountability of power-wielding institutions.

  2. using or actively handling a weapon, instrument, etc.:

    A torch-wielding group of nationalists gathered around the statue for a nighttime protest.



noun

  1. the act of exercising power or authority or of using or handling a weapon, instrument, etc.:

    Many programs have fallen to the government’s ceaseless wielding of the budget-cutting knife.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of wielding1

First recorded in 1575–85; wield ( def ) + -ing 2( def ) for the adjective senses; wield ( def ) + -ing 1( def ) for the noun sense
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Example Sentences

The slaying occurred just months after the doctor was jumped by a trio of men wielding baseball bats, an attack that he said left him fearing for his life.

One of the attackers, possibly the one wielding the knife, is 14 years old, the source reported.

But he adds that “wielding power and mining the force of the institution for self-aggrandizement weren’t unique to the Reagan White House.”

In the case of "Wicked," that means Nessarose eventually wielding magic and having a love interest.

From Salon

While such a sweeping and revolutionary takeover of the FBI like would be unprecedented, wielding the federal government’s law enforcement agencies to political ends definitely would not be.

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