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wielding
[ weel-ding ]
adjective
- exercising power, authority, influence, etc.:
Russia is a veto-wielding member of the UN Security Council.
Discussion focused on the accountability of power-wielding institutions.
- using or actively handling a weapon, instrument, etc.:
A torch-wielding group of nationalists gathered around the statue for a nighttime protest.
noun
- 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.
Word History and Origins
Origin of wielding1
Example Sentences
Zuraya Hadad instinctively winces as we watch a video of the incident in which her ribs were broken by a masked man wielding a large stick.
At that moment, a group of people suddenly appeared, apparently from nowhere, wielding banners and shouting that the BBC were “paedophiles”.
Most voters, she went on, aren’t wielding a clipboard and checking off issue boxes.
How destructive his term will be remains unknowable, but his helter-skelter, vengeance-fueled approach to wielding power may have the ironic effect of impeding his ability to deliver on his more radical promises.
By 2028, voters will elect a county executive, who will function similar to a mayor, overseeing department heads, drafting the budget and wielding veto power over the board’s policies.
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