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a heavy implement with a wide sharp blade used for cutting up large pieces of meat
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Recent Examples of cleavers
Investigators were then led to the Amityville home, where police recovered a large folding knife, a large kitchen knife and two meat cleavers, Tierney said in April 2024.
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Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
The sound of meat cleavers chopping pork on the wooden board, or the smell of whole hogs roasting on the brick pits overnight—these are just as much a part of the experience as the barbecue itself.
—Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2025
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
Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
The sound of meat cleavers chopping pork on the wooden board, or the smell of whole hogs roasting on the brick pits overnight—these are just as much a part of the experience as the barbecue itself.
—Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2025
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
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Maria Bear, the founder of The Baer Minimalist, has been happy with her decision to add an insert for knives into her drawers in lieu of keeping a knife block on the counter.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
13 Apr. 2026
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There’s a messy murder and then there’s the kitchen which seems, between the knives, the boiling, slicing, cutting and dicing, a most dangerous place.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
12 Apr. 2026
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Vanli notes that the company has submitted an RFI to the US Coast Guard for light and medium ice cutters, addressing fleet modernization requirements in the Great Lakes region.—
NIa Bowers,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2026
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The three-time MVP stood upright, pointing at cutters.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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Many of the thousands of demonstrators taking to the streets brandished weapons including guns and daggers, while others waved Lebanese, Palestinian, Iranian and Hezbollah flags.—
Billy Stockwell,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2026
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That was plenty of time for SGA to reach into his bag of daggers and go right back at the Nuggets.—
Zach Harper,
New York Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Cleavers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cleavers. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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