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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This vignette of administrative chaos exacerbated by mass layoffs will be familiar to any federal employee or contractor whose agency has been felled of late by the whimsical machete of DOGE.
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Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 10 May 2025
The guard approached, with his hand apparently ready to draw his firearm, which prompted Scott to run off, ditching the machete in his escape.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 7 May 2025
The bow of the boat resembles the machete or knife called a panga.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 5 May 2025
The woman then began swinging the machete and moved towards two of the vehicles.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 3 May 2025
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Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 10 May 2025
The guard approached, with his hand apparently ready to draw his firearm, which prompted Scott to run off, ditching the machete in his escape.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 7 May 2025
The bow of the boat resembles the machete or knife called a panga.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 5 May 2025
The woman then began swinging the machete and moved towards two of the vehicles.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 3 May 2025
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“Machete.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/machete. Accessed 23 May. 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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