amulet
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Synonyms & Antonyms for amulet
Synonyms
charm, fetish (also fetich), mascot, mojo, periapt, phylactery, talisman
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Her profound quirkiness lives on in her sons, Brady and Travis, as an amulet against ever becoming normal. — sun-sentinel.com, "Deaths in South Florida: 8/25," 25 Aug. 2019 Take a minute to look at what Aliume is wearing today: a sleeveless black cotton T-shirt, men’s harem pants, an amulet around his neck, a wrist mala, and a pair of high tops that he’s painted to look like one of his paintings. — Duff Mcdonald, WIRED, "The Cosmic, Psychedelic, Glow-in-the-Dark Art of Alex Aliume," 20 Aug. 2019 Simply wearing an amulet now made a person a shaman—and shamans were arrested. — Bathsheba Demuth, The New Yorker, "When the Soviet Union Freed the Arctic from Capitalist Slavery," 15 Aug. 2019 Crystals, amber, amethyst, phallic amulets, glass beads, figurines, and a miniature human skull were among the many artifacts archaeologists uncovered from an excavation site at Pompeii recently. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "Archaeologists discovered an invaluable cache of ritual artifacts at Pompeii," 14 Aug. 2019 The Israel Museum in Jerusalem is full of artifacts that testify to the ancient Jewish presence in the Holy Land, including silver amulets with a priestly benediction from the sixth century b.c. — Rachel Poser, Harper's magazine, "Common Ground," 19 Aug. 2019 But many families carried on their rituals in private, teaching their children at least some of the meaning behind amulets and prayers before a helicopter came, each September 1st, to take them to a residential school. — Bathsheba Demuth, The New Yorker, "When the Soviet Union Freed the Arctic from Capitalist Slavery," 15 Aug. 2019 His imagery and voice were redolent of a child’s optimism at the outset of an adventure looking for treasure, and in his poems and lyrics one found all sorts of valuable gifts and amulets to ward off demons. — Thomas Beller, Los Angeles Times, "The joys and heartbreak of my 20-year friendship with poet-songwriter David Berman," 12 Aug. 2019 Batman Begins recentered the superhero genre on humans and our fears and aspirations instead of focusing on mystical aliens, magical amulets, telekinesis, or superhuman strength. — Kyle Smith, National Review, "How Batman Begins Changed the Movies," 19 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'amulet.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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