trident

as in spear
a weapon that has three points and that looks like a large fork the trident of the sea god Neptune

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Recent Examples of trident Mbappe won't be fit enough to feature from the get go, so Ancelotti fields Vinicius Jr., Rodrygo and Endrick up front as an attacking trident. Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024 The trident that is the company’s emblem is a replica of the one found in the Fountain of Neptune in Bologna. Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 14 Oct. 2024 Everyone learned, from Ray, that Jason offered to give up his trident in trade for the rest of Bravo coming off the bench. Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 1 Sep. 2024 Poseidon had a point about war: sometimes the trident must be brought down. Timothy Snyder, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022 See all Example Sentences for trident 

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“Trident.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trident. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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