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Recent Examples of machete
Shortly after the Season 12 line-up was announced, Kyle Ashman, 23, was dropped from the show after producers discovered that he had previously been arrested on suspicion of being involved in a machete attack.
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025
Officers found two men, one in his 60s and another in his 30s, with injuries from a machete attack, according to the LAPD.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
The initial investigation by officers found that the victim, who is a uniformed security guard at the mosque, was praying inside when Davis approached him from behind and assaulted the security guard multiple times with a machete, police said.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 June 2025
According to McCaskill, Johnson admitted to killing Mischa and her unborn child with a machete on July 12, 2024 after an argument between the two escalated.
—Anna Turning, NBC news, 5 June 2025
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025
Officers found two men, one in his 60s and another in his 30s, with injuries from a machete attack, according to the LAPD.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
The initial investigation by officers found that the victim, who is a uniformed security guard at the mosque, was praying inside when Davis approached him from behind and assaulted the security guard multiple times with a machete, police said.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 June 2025
According to McCaskill, Johnson admitted to killing Mischa and her unborn child with a machete on July 12, 2024 after an argument between the two escalated.
—Anna Turning, NBC news, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for machete
Noun
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Cut corn kernels from the cob using a sharp knife; discard cobs.—
Katlyn Moncada,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 July 2025
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The employee went home but then returned with a kitchen knife and stabbed Harris multiple times shortly before 8 a.m., police said.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
Noun
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The final dagger for Martinez was an 11-game losing streak last month, when Washington went 7-19.—
Dan Schlossberg,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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Unlike two semi-famous people who blithely chatted away in the aisle holding up the start of Act 2. Andrew Lloyd Webber shot daggers at them.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
2 July 2025
Noun
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Officers also recovered 11 orange pills believed to be Adderall and a pocketknife from Tracy’s pocket.—
Rick Sobey,
Boston Herald,
23 June 2025
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After investigating, police learned a man, later identified as Robert Dean, of New Mexico, came up behind the victim and stabbed him with a pocketknife in an unprovoked attack, officers said.—
Paloma Chavez,
Sacbee.com,
25 June 2025
Noun
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Lots of people died fighting for this in – in just horrific struggles when the main form of killing was a bayonet.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 July 2025
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Ti-Ally The bayonet is followed by a Timascus machete blade, which is in turn followed by a saw blade and then by a comb … yes, a hair comb.—
Ben Coxworth
May 30,
New Atlas,
30 May 2025
Noun
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The workers blamed Landi — who was still in charge — for their troubles, and an image of Landi posing, pirate-style, with a cartoon-villain expression and a cutlass between his teeth became a symbol for Eutelia’s misdeeds.—
Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Atossa Araxia Abrahamian,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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The ultimate prop was the pirate flag, which could be decorated with a skull and crossbones (as in the classic Jolly Roger design), bleeding hearts, hourglasses, spears, cutlasses and skeletons.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 May 2024
Noun
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Jackson said Burgin threatened her with a handgun and also has a rifle and a switchblade, the filing says.—
Christie D’Zurilla,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2025
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The agency shares that knives of any length, including switchblades, are not permitted on board aircraft and through TSA checkpoints.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
8 May 2025
Noun
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But nobody is scuffing the dining table with their stilettos; no one is stargazing out in the garden.—
Kitty Ruskin,
Time,
26 June 2025
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The fashion designer wore her jacket as a minidress with fishnet tights and stilettos while the soccer icon opted for a suit with loafers.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
15 June 2025
Noun
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Rockies starter Kyle Freeland fired a first-pitch cutter.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
4 July 2025
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And the cutter the first inning, just got his hands inside of it and kept it fair.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
4 July 2025
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“Machete.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/machete. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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