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ploughshare

 noun
     
Related topics: Agriculture
plough‧share British English ; plowshare American English [countable]
1TA the broad curved metal blade of a plough, which turns over the soil
2

turn/beat swords into ploughshares

to stop fighting and start living in peace
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