machete

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ma·chete | \ mə-ˈshe-tē

, -ˈche-; -ˈshet \

Definition of machete

: a large heavy knife used for cutting sugarcane and underbrush and as a weapon

Examples of machete in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Scott William Robertson, who had a gun and was fatally shot after failing to comply with officers’ commands, and Emanuel Oates, shot while carrying a machete after police chased him into a grocery. — Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2021 Man arrested carrying machete, bayonet in truck near DNC headquarters. — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2021 Ashley Olsen wearing yeezys, drinking beer, carrying a machete in the middle of the forest is my summer mood board. — Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 11 July 2021 In the 1990s, one Astor Row neighbor began sleeping with a machete after repelling an intruder with a baseball bat. — New York Times, 5 Nov. 2021 On December 28, 2019, a man wielding a machete broke into the home of a Hasidic rabbi in Monsey, New York, during a Hanukkah party. — Jenny Singer, Glamour, 14 July 2021 No one’s a happy camper when there’s a mask-wearing, machete-wielding homicidal maniac running amok in the woods in this classic 1980 slasher flick. — Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2021 After doctors successfully removed the machete, his only concern was getting out of the hospital and getting high. — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 18 July 2021 Rogel swung the machete at the dog and caused a laceration to one of his legs. — Anchorage Daily News, 14 June 2021

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