cleavers

plural of cleaver

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of cleavers After the Buffs’ opening drive stalled at midfield, leading to a nifty Damon Graves punt that pinned Houston to its own 3, the hosts got out the cleavers and went to work. Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2025 Specifically, there are a ton of underbarrel attachments that are great, from hucking cleavers at enemies for one shot kills, shooting out gravity wells, laying down corrosive pools or an AOE energy blast around you. Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cleavers
Noun
  • The bloody corridors are filled with screeching buzzsaws, slashing knives and earlier victims hanging on meat hooks.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The device is suitable for sharpening most straight-edge knives.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • With Jokic orchestrating at the elbow or top of the arc, cutters find seams that few (or in some cases any) other passers have the ability to exploit.
    Joel Rush, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Today there was a lot more cutters inside to righties.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 23 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • There are the clever visual gags allowed by animation, like characters who quite literally shoot daggers at one another while locked in a glaring match; there are many jokes at the imperious, overconfident Marioneta’s expense.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Only swords, axes, and daggers are permitted.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 14 Aug. 2025

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“Cleavers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cleavers. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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