machete

noun

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

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There, police found physical evidence, such as a bloodstained ax and a machete, according to copies of the case files reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. — David Luhnow, WSJ, "Mexicans, Hit by Murder Wave, Face Long, Often Futile Wait for Justice," 25 Dec. 2018 Horrifying security video from a bodega shows a group of young men dragging Lesandro Guzman-Feliz, 15, out of the Cruz and Chiky Grocery on Wednesday and attacking him with knives and a machete. — John Bacon, USA TODAY, "Arrest made in murder of Bronx teen whose bloody murder was caught on video," 25 June 2018 Wendig largely matter-of-fact and supportive about the idea that Sykes was charging through the woods murdering people with a machete, Sykes blissfully naïve and eager for more words of wisdom about his inevitable doom. — Tasha Robinson, The Verge, "In You Might Be the Killer, a Twitter thread expands into a horror-comedy — barely," 5 Oct. 2018 The victims were lured to a park and attacked with machetes, knives and clubs. — Fox News, "Mom honored by Trump after MS-13 killed her daughter is struck, killed by SUV near memorial site," 15 Sep. 2018 On December 13, 2013, an eighteen-year-old student entered Arapahoe High School with a shotgun, a machete, three Molotov cocktails, and 125 rounds of ammunition. — Lara Sorokanich, Popular Mechanics, "What Littleton Learned," 1 Aug. 2018 After Chandler Belaston was sentenced to 25 years in prison for murdering his father with a machete and crowbar, his mother begged Circuit Judge Debra Nelson for the opportunity to reach out and touch her son. — Michael Williams, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Oviedo man sentenced to 25 years for murdering father with crowbar," 18 May 2018 Behind him were dozens of knives — some as big as a machete — that pageant workers have amassed over the decades to make their works. — Bradley Zint, latimes.com, "Pageant of the Masters provides a preview of this summer’s show," 5 June 2018 His right arm is raised high with a cutlass (a machete). — Longreads, "Kara Walker’s Subtlety," 28 Feb. 2018

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