society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > cut of sharp weapon > cut or thrust with sword > strike with sword [verb (transitive)] (37)
transitive. To run (a person) through with a weapon. Obsolete. rare.
To pierce with a sword-thrust; to run through. Obsolete slang.
To strike, slash, or kill with a sword. Also absol. or intransitive.