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What is saber-rattling?

What is saber-rattling? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. chiefly US spelling of sabre-rattling
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This evermore undisguised adventurous saber-rattling is creating such tense situation on the Korean Peninsula that a war may break out anytime,'' it said.
Many writers warn the war of words and saber-rattling could lead to military action.
But if the threats and saber-rattling are going to be effective, Chamillionaire has to take his burnished, easy flow and start putting some specifics in it.
Now, the group appears to be stepping up its saber-rattling.
Sanctions and saber-rattling alone were never going to do the trick, nor would periodic efforts at one-shot diplomacy.
Indeed, saber-rattling or not, we should take Ryan seriously.

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