English-Finnish translations for brandish

• heiluttaa
  Nyt kun säännöt on kuitenkin romutettu, komissio ei voi enää heiluttaa laintauluja. Yet now that the rules have been smashed, the Commission cannot continue to brandish the Tables of the Law.
• heristää

Definition of brandish

• To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating anger, threat or skill
• To bear something with ostentatious show
• The act of flourishing or waving

Examples

• He brandished his sword at the pirates.
• to brandish syllogisms

Related words

• branding
• co-branding
• rebranding
• cobranding
• multibranding
• antibranding
• Brandiston
• branding iron
• nation branding