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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After the first challenge on the beach saw the Lagi tribe victorious, winning a machete, flint and a pot, the losing Vula and Civa tribes had to send to tribe members to compete for a chance to win those materials.
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Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Umana then turned toward the officers and raised the machete, the video showed.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
Cuevas and Mickens were beaten with baseball bats and hacked to death with machetes.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
Two officers stopped Horne at the security screen after finding a machete, according to the document.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 14 Jan. 2025
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Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Umana then turned toward the officers and raised the machete, the video showed.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
Cuevas and Mickens were beaten with baseball bats and hacked to death with machetes.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
Two officers stopped Horne at the security screen after finding a machete, according to the document.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Machete.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/machete. Accessed 16 Apr. 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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