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 ti ...

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 Republic of Ireland, Ireland, situated ten kilometres north of Dublin city centre. The town was reputedly founded . Located on the Ward River (Ireland), Wa ...

, a large suburban town in the Irish capital * Swords, Georgia, 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) S.W.O.R.D. (Sentient World Observation and Response Department) is a fictional counterterrorism and intelligence agency appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Its purpose is to deal with extraterrestrial threats to wor ...

, a fictional counterterrorism and intelligence agency in Marvel Comics *

S.W.O.R.D. (The Saint) ''The Saint and the Fiction Makers'' (some editions use the hyphenated form "Fiction-Makers") is the title of a 1968 mystery novel featuring the character of Simon Templar, alias "The Saint". The novel is credited to Leslie Charteris, who creat ...

, 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 Deborah Chester (born 1957) is an American author of over 40 books, primarily science fiction and fantasy novels. She currently holds the John Crain Presidential Professorship at the University of Oklahoma, teaching both undergraduate and grad ...

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. His ...

, a Canadian heavy metal band * Swords (band), 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 t ...

, 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 SWORD Project is the CrossWire Bible Society's free software project. Its purpose is to create cross-platform open-source tools—covered by the GNU General Public License—that allow programmers and Bible societies to write new Bible softwa ...

, the CrossWire Bible Society's Bible software project * Sword, an opponent in the video game ''

Yie Ar Kung-Fu () is an arcade fighting game developed by Konami. It first had a limited Japanese release in October 1984, before having a wide release nationwide in January 1985 and then internationally in March 1985. Along with ''Karate Champ'' (1984), which ...

'' *

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 owne ...

, a gay news and lifestyle website * ''Pokémon Sword'', one of the two paired ''

Pokémon Sword and Shield and are 2019 role-playing video games developed by Game Freak and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch console. They are the first installments in the eighth generation of the ''Pokémon'' video game series ...

'' 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 ...

, 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 entit ...

, a special form of raising capital

Other uses

The Sword (public house) The Sword is a public house at 45 Westgate Street, Gloucester, England, that is a grade II listed building with Historic England Historic England (officially the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England) is an executive non-de ...

, a pub in Gloucester, England *

The Sword of Moses ''The Sword of Moses'' is the title of an apocryphal Jewish book of magic edited by Moses Gaster in Israel, in 1896 from a 13th- or 14th-century manuscript from his own collection, formerly MS Gaster 78, now London, British Library MS Or. 10678. ...

, an apocryphal book of magic *

Suit of swords The Suit of Swords is one of the four suits of the Minor Arcana in a 78-card cartomantic tarot deck. It is derived from the suit used in Latin suited playing cards, such Spanish, Italian and Latin-suited tarot decks. Like the other tarot suits, ...

, 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 overa ...

(born 1989), American basketball player *

Kevin Swords Kevin Robert Swords (born July 1, 1960 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former USA international rugby player. The 6’7", 260 lb, lock, ''Sports Illustrated'' Athlete of the Month, who at the time of his retirement was the most-capped US Eagle in h ...

(born 1960), American rugby player *

Kyle Swords Kyle Swords (Swordsy) is a retired American soccer defender who played professionally in the USL A-League and National Professional Soccer League. Swords was born in Dayton, Ohio. He attended Wayne High School (class of 1992) in the Dayton subu ...

(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 the ...

(born 1974), American football player *

Tommy Sword Thomas William Sword (born 12 November 1957) is a former professional football defender, who primarily played for Stockport County and has since been inducted into their Hall of Fame. Biography Born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Sword started his ...

(born 1957), British football player