WIELDING Definition & Meaning

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wielding

[ weel-ding ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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.

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.

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First recorded in 1575–85; wield ( def ) + -ing ²( def ) for the adjective senses; wield ( def ) + -ing ¹( def ) for the noun sense

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Mr Wright said the person filming the "criminal" act was just as responsible as the person "wielding the chainsaw".

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Now in office, he is wielding that power in a way no previous modern president has attempted.

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Now, wielding a sledgehammer, this president is destroying that promise for this and future generations.”

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Democrats are so scared of wielding their power, and frankly, it's pathetic.

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The killer was part of a gang who entered the park wielding batons, bats and bladed weapons and challenged Kory and his friends to a fight.

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