dégainer

Il avait eu si peur qu’il avait dégainé son épée et m’avait presque coupé en deux.
He got so freaked out that he drew out his sword and almost cleaved me in half.
Voyant le Palestinien étendu sur le sol, il avait dégainé son pistolet-mitrailleur Uzi et abattu l'homme.
He stabbed one but they managed to subdue him, tied his hands and feet and, following a body search, found a grenade on his person.
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