Synonyms for Damocles
ˈdæm əˌklizdamo·cles

Princeton's WordNet

1. Damoclesnoun

   the Greek courtier to Dionysius the Elder who (according to legend) was condemned to sit under a naked sword that was suspended by a hair in order to demonstrate to him that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was (4th century BC)

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1. Josh Matz:

   A lot of folks think that impeachment is this mechanical process and that when the president commits high crimes and misdemeanors, [ it ] just falls out of the sky like some kind of sword of Damocles, i'm here to tell you that it doesn't. Congress has to decide whether impeachment is the right move.

2. David Vigilante:

   I've never encountered a situation like this, i felt like there was a sword of Damocles over me for the year.

3. Carlos Pascual:

   There's no doubt this leaves a Damocles sword hanging over Lopez Obrador's head.

4. Carlos Pascual:

   Mexico is weak economically and it's always going to be vulnerable if the United States is willing to use economic policy to enforce national security policy, there's no doubt this leaves a Damocles sword hanging over Lopez Obrador's head.

5. Philippe Varin:

   We need to find an equitable sharing of the risk of the Finland project, which is a sword of Damocles that has weighed on the group for a long time and which can compromise any future scenario.