machete
noun
ma·chete
mə-ˈshe-tē 
-ˈche-;
-ˈshet
: a large heavy knife used for cutting sugarcane and underbrush and as a weapon
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There, several members yanked Junior out of the deli and butchered him with knives and a machete.
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 31 May 2025
Marshall Roper still has a scar on his face from where he was slashed by a machete during the invasion of his tobacco farm in 2000.
—Ish Mafundikwa, Christian Science Monitor, 30 May 2025
The two said a man approached them, asked a question and pulled out what looked like a machete and attacked them.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
Officers were called at 9:49 a.m. to a business near Coleman Avenue and Taylor Street — about a mile from police headquarters — for a report of a man who brandished a machete at an armed security guard, police said.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 7 May 2025
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 31 May 2025
Marshall Roper still has a scar on his face from where he was slashed by a machete during the invasion of his tobacco farm in 2000.
—Ish Mafundikwa, Christian Science Monitor, 30 May 2025
The two said a man approached them, asked a question and pulled out what looked like a machete and attacked them.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
Officers were called at 9:49 a.m. to a business near Coleman Avenue and Taylor Street — about a mile from police headquarters — for a report of a man who brandished a machete at an armed security guard, police said.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 7 May 2025
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“Machete.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/machete. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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machete
noun
ma·chete
mə-ˈshet-ē
-ˈchet-ē;
mə-ˈshet
: a large heavy knife used especially for cutting sugarcane and underbrush and as a weapon
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