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
No need to bust out the cleaver.
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Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Jan. 2026
In a series of sanguinary close-ups, Elvira takes a cleaver to her digits, first slicing them and then fully dismembering them.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 23 Dec. 2025
Meat cleaver gets past airport security The TSA is investigating how someone was able to bring a meat cleaver on a Delta Air Lines plane in Portland, Oregon.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 18 Nov. 2025
Lester jumps in to stop him with the elevator crank, finally standing up to his abusive boss, and in the shuffle Nicky ends up falling onto the meat cleaver and dying.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2025
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Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Jan. 2026
In a series of sanguinary close-ups, Elvira takes a cleaver to her digits, first slicing them and then fully dismembering them.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 23 Dec. 2025
Meat cleaver gets past airport security The TSA is investigating how someone was able to bring a meat cleaver on a Delta Air Lines plane in Portland, Oregon.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 18 Nov. 2025
Lester jumps in to stop him with the elevator crank, finally standing up to his abusive boss, and in the shuffle Nicky ends up falling onto the meat cleaver and dying.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cleaver
Noun
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Once the potato starts sprouting, gently twist off the slips or use a knife to cut them off.—
Asia London Palomba,
The Spruce,
31 May 2026
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One of the teens used his pocket knife to defend himself when the armed men came after him and his friend.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 May 2026
Noun
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My cutter and fastball were really good tonight.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2026
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The cutter is 86 mph and has above-average cut.—
Andrea Arcadipane,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
Noun
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One of the attackers was armed with a machete, according to KTLA.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
30 May 2026
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Now Busey’s holding a club, not a machete.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
Noun
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But the award has to go to Matheus Cunha’s long-range dagger — a dramatic late winner curled past Gabriel’s desperate lunge and David Raya’s despairing dive into the bottom corner — to set the away crowd into rapturous applause.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
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The Blue Jays have plenty to reflect on after the opening loss, not to mention a season that has not met expectations, but perhaps the sharpest dagger of the game came courtesy of Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr.—
Peter Chawaga,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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“Cleaver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cleaver. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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