sword A sword is an edged, bladed weapon intended for manual cutting or thrusting. Its blade, longer than a knife or dagger, is attached to a hilt and can be straight or curved. A thrusting sword tends to have a straighter blade with a pointed t ...

is a cutting and/or thrusting weapon. Sword, Swords, or The Sword may also refer to:

Places

Swords, Dublin Swords ( or ), the county town of Fingal, is a large suburban town on the east coast of Ireland, situated ten kilometres north of Dublin city centre. The town was reputedly founded . Located on the Ward River, Swords features Swords Castle, ...

, a large suburban town in the Irish capital *

Swords, Georgia Swords is an unincorporated community in Morgan County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. History An early variant name was "Blue Spring". A post office called Swords was established in 1897, and remained in operation until 1959. The present name is a ...

, a community in the United States *

Sword Beach Sword, commonly known as Sword Beach, was the code name given to one of the five main landing areas along the Normandy coast during the initial assault phase, Operation Neptune, of Operation Overlord. The Allied invasion of German-occupied Fra ...

, code name for the Normandy Coast landing area on D-day in World War II

Arts, media, and entertainment

Film and television

* ''Swords'' (TV series), a documentary TV series on the Discovery Channel * ''The Sword'' (1980 film), a 1980 film by Patrick Tam Kar-Ming * ''Ken'' (film), a 1964 Japanese film also known as "The Sword" * "The Sword", an episode of the DiC cartoon ''G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero''

Literature

* S.W.O.R.D. (comics), a fictional counterterrorism and intelligence agency in Marvel Comics * S.W.O.R.D. (The Saint), a fictional criminal organization in the novel ''The Saint and the Fiction Makers'' * ''The Sword'' (magazine), the magazine of the British Fencing Association * ''The Sword'' (comics), a comic book series from the Luna Brothers * , a fictional submarine in Jules Verne's novel ''Facing the Flag'' * ''The Sword'', a novel by Deborah Chester

Music

Sword (band) Sword is a Canadian heavy metal band from Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Quebec, that was formed in 1981 and is still active to this day. To date, they have released two studio albums and are scheduled to release a third one in November 2022. Hi ...

, a Canadian heavy metal band *

Swords (band) Swords was an American indie rock band that formed in 1999 in Portland, Oregon. The band took their name from the idea of being "hired assassins of rock". The name of the band was shortened to Swords from The Swords Project in 2003. In May 200 ...

, an indie rock band *

The Sword The Sword was an American heavy metal band from Austin, Texas. Formed in 2003, the band was composed of vocalist and guitarist John D. Cronise, guitarist Kyle Shutt, bassist Bryan Richie and drummer Santiago "Jimmy" Vela III for most of its te ...

, an American heavy metal band * ''Swords'' (album), a compilation album of b-sides from Morrissey's studio releases * "Swords" (Leftfield song), 2000 * "Swords" (M.I.A. song), 2016

Other media

* The SWORD Project, the CrossWire Bible Society's Bible software project * Sword, an opponent in the video game '' Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' *

TheSword.com TheSword.com is a gay news and lifestyle website for coverage of the gay adult industry. Based in San Francisco, a large portion of The Sword's coverage is dedicated to covering the lives of gay porn stars in a tabloid fashion. The Sword is own ...

, a gay news and lifestyle website * ''Pokémon Sword'', one of the two paired '' Pokémon Sword and Shield'' games for the Nintendo Switch

Business and technology

* SWORD (protocol), a network storage protocol *

SWORDS A sword is a cutting and/or thrusting weapon. Sword, Swords, or The Sword may also refer to: Places * Swords, Dublin, a large suburban town in the Irish capital * Swords, Georgia, a community in the United States * Sword Beach, code name for th ...

, a ground-based military robot *

SWORD-financing SWORD-financing (stock and warrant off-balance sheet research & development) is a special form of financing invented to help junior biotech companies access institutional capital markets to finance their R&D via establishing a special purpose enti ...

, a special form of raising capital

Other uses

* The Sword (public house), a pub in Gloucester, England *

The Sword of Moses ''The Sword of Moses'' is the title of an apocryphal Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in th ...

, an apocryphal book of magic * Suit of swords, a suit in Latin-suited playing cards and Tarot decks * , a proposed ship of the Royal Navy

People with the name

Carolyn Swords Carolyn Swords (born July 19, 1989) is an American former basketball player. She previously played for PF Umbertide in Italy and the Sydney Uni Flames in Australia. WNBA Swords was selected the second round of the 2011 WNBA Draft (15th over ...

(born 1989), American basketball player * Kevin Swords (born 1960), American rugby player * Kyle Swords (born 1974), American soccer player *

Sam Sword Sam Lee-Arthur Sword (born December 9, 1974) is a former American football player. A native of Saginaw, Michigan, Sword played college football as a linebacker for the University of Michigan from 1995 to 1998. He was the leading tackler on ...

(born 1974), American football player * Tommy Sword (born 1957), British football player