as in knife
a heavy implement with a wide sharp blade used for cutting up large pieces of meat
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Recent Examples of cleaver
One is a terrifying menace with a cleaver, the other is...an actor diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder who gets way too method and starts killing people, only to eventually get killed by the real Butcher ghost, with a cleaver.
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Lauren Huff, EW.com, 4 Sep. 2024
On Thursday, a man wielding a meat cleaver stabbed two men inside a Bronx laundromat, sending both victims to Lincoln Hospital, where one died, police said.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 8 Aug. 2024
The pair fend off the masses – driving through walls, avoiding meat cleavers and fighting Louis Lewis.
—Selena Kuznikov, Variety, 2 July 2024
At Wednesday’s arraignments, Assistant District Attorney Frank Schroeder said authorities have significant evidence to support their case, including meat cleavers, butcher knives, blood and surveillance video, but did not specify where the weapons and blood were found.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2024
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Lauren Huff, EW.com, 4 Sep. 2024
On Thursday, a man wielding a meat cleaver stabbed two men inside a Bronx laundromat, sending both victims to Lincoln Hospital, where one died, police said.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 8 Aug. 2024
The pair fend off the masses – driving through walls, avoiding meat cleavers and fighting Louis Lewis.
—Selena Kuznikov, Variety, 2 July 2024
At Wednesday’s arraignments, Assistant District Attorney Frank Schroeder said authorities have significant evidence to support their case, including meat cleavers, butcher knives, blood and surveillance video, but did not specify where the weapons and blood were found.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cleaver
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Ammon lays it in his palm to circle with a knife, handing half to me and eating the other.Matt Thompson, SPIN, 5 Nov. 2024
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Republicans' narrow majority in the House of Representatives enters Tuesday on the knife's edge, with both parties possessing paths to control in the next Congress.Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Billionaire Michael Krasny lists home in the Park Tower for $3.4M American Airlines tests boarding technology that audibly shames line cutters Blackhawks, Bulls and White Sox have a new TV home.Claire Malon, Chicago Tribune, 26 Oct. 2024
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Even Bobby Portis is keeping his eyes up, passing up his usual mid-range looks in favor of hitting cutters like Taurean Prince on backdoor slashes.Brian Sampson, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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Concerning incidents have occurred including ballot boxes being set on fire in Oregon and Washington and a Trump supporter being arrested in Neptune Beach, Florida for threatening two Kamala Harris supporters with a machete outside an early voting site.Zac Anderson, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2024
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The city's discovery didn't require breaking through the jungle with machetes or patiently excavating with brushes and spatulas.Anna Lagos, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2024
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The main frame 10-pointer was cool, but a long dagger point coming off his base added a bit of flair too cool to pass up.Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 17 Oct. 2024
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Fitting into that Manet moment, as well as the current dagger point of what Paris has apparently decided is the thing to do, Zoe Kravitz resolutely sees and ups the Lila Grace Moss-Hack’s black lace bet by shortening it dramatically and accelerating the general see-through-ness everywhere possible.Guy Martin, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
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“Cleaver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cleaver. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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