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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Nisa Mickens, 15, and Kayla Cuevas, 16, friends and classmates at Brentwood High School, were killed with a machete and a baseball bat by a group of young men and teenage boys who had stalked them from a car.
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Arkansas Online, 28 Mar. 2025
Armed with machetes, protesters shouted slurs at government officials while attempting to head to the offices where the prime minister and members of the Transitional Presidential Council work.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
Officers also found at machete in Walker’s back yard.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 4 Mar. 2025
Ortega’s accomplice, who is still being sought, threatened the victim with a machete before running off with the victim’s laptop, wallet, credit cards, and cell phone, officials said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 28 Mar. 2025
Armed with machetes, protesters shouted slurs at government officials while attempting to head to the offices where the prime minister and members of the Transitional Presidential Council work.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
Officers also found at machete in Walker’s back yard.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 4 Mar. 2025
Ortega’s accomplice, who is still being sought, threatened the victim with a machete before running off with the victim’s laptop, wallet, credit cards, and cell phone, officials said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for machete
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“Machete.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/machete. Accessed 6 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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