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Definition of machete
: a large heavy knife used for cutting sugarcane and underbrush and as a weapon
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Naughty by Nature, after all, are borderline gangsta; Treach occasionally performs with a machete.
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After shoplifting the machete and knife, Wasni called an Uber and Nelson drove to pick her up, according to court documents.
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There also were what appeared to be silencers machined from pipe, a machete-like knife, rope, a Bible and a notebook containing writings that investigators were still trying to decipher, authorities said.
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The two men were arguing when Drollinger left and returned with a machete, police said.
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The Miami County Sheriff’s Office released video Tuesday of a weekend convenience store robbery during which two men were armed with a sledgehammer and a machete.
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The area is usually crowded on weekends with bar patrons and people eating at restaurants, and three men emerged from the van with knives and a machete, stabbing indiscriminately, causing mass confusion and panic.
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Nelson, of Wilmette, was hacked to death by a 16-year-old girl who had just stolen a machete and knife from Walmart in Skokie, authorities said.
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Surveillance footage from Walmart showed Wasni walking about the store with a knife and machete and then leaving without paying for it, the prosecutor said.
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Origin and Etymology of machete
Spanish
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machete
playDefinition of machete for English Language Learners
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: a large, heavy knife that is used for cutting plants and as a weapon
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: a large heavy knife used for cutting sugarcane and underbrush and as a weapon
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