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saber rattling

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saber rattling
n.
1. A flamboyant display of military power.
2. A threat or implied threat to use military force.
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Noun1.saber rattling - the ostentatious display of military power (with the implied threat that it might be used)
sabre rattling
military action, action - a military engagement; "he saw action in Korea"
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Iran is saber rattling again threatening to rain missile on Tel Aviv if their Executive Summary ?
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Because these near-giveaway prices are only effective for the month of Ramadan, though, some see TE's saber rattling as a means for the telecom giant to slow the mobile sector's steady long-term price decreases.
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Thomas Hazlett, "Pleading Jim Jones' Case" "Rather than coming to grips with the reasons for this country's fall from grace, the government's principal reaction has been saber rattling.
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