machete

noun

Definition of machetenext
as in knife

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Recent Examples of machete Lin entered with a red pen and a machete, the lore goes, in hopes of emphasizing quality over quantity. — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026 Surveillance video shows 24-year-old Joshua Flores allegedly holding a machete on Western Avenue in Brighton. — Logan Hall, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 Linda Cardellini slays an origin story (streaming on Peacock) about how the drowning of her son turned a camp cafeteria worker mad enough to kill a bunch of horny teenagers with a machete. — Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Oct. 2026 However iconic Jason Voorhees may be, real ones respect his machete-wielding mother, Pamela. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for machete
Recent Examples of Synonyms for machete
  1. knife
  2. dagger
  3. pocketknife
  4. bayonet
  5. cutlass
  6. switchblade
  7. stiletto
  8. poniard
Noun
  • Three Howard County police officers shot and killed LaMorie, who was armed with a knife.
    — CBS Baltimore, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The episode builds to a climactic moment where Flynn’s mother, Skyler, grabs a knife and brandishes it at her husband.
    — Dean Norris, Vanity Fair, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of knife
Noun
  • What do bell sleeves, paisley prints, and dagger collars have in common?
    — Georgia Brown, Glamour, 7 Nov. 2026
  • With Stephen Curry connecting on 3-point daggers when needed most, the Warriors extended their winning streak to six.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of dagger
Noun
  • It is alleged that the altercation escalated, and Cawthon produced a pocketknife, threatened the victim and stabbed the victim's dog, according to prosecutors.
    — Karma Sabbah, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Test your news knowledge with this week's Fox News Digital News Quiz, featuring a controversy over an attorney’s social media post and a pocketknife discovered by Transportation Security Administration officers.
    — Staff, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of pocketknife
Noun
  • The stone bayonet from the rifle carved over the back of a third statue was also missing.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Both his suggestion and the jolly appreciation seem out of tune with the situation ‘far from home’, which may be a military manoeuvre involving mock battles and bayonet practice, or a preparation for actual combat.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of bayonet
Noun
  • The workers blamed Landi — who was still in charge — for their troubles, and an image of Landi posing, pirate-style, with a cartoon-villain expression and a cutlass between his teeth became a symbol for Eutelia’s misdeeds.
    — Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The ultimate prop was the pirate flag, which could be decorated with a skull and crossbones (as in the classic Jolly Roger design), bleeding hearts, hourglasses, spears, cutlasses and skeletons.
    — Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2024
Definition of cutlass
Noun
  • Markos takes revenge by slicing up Matt’s face with a switchblade, leaving him horribly disfigured and his acting career essentially over.
    — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Officers found a switchblade and a glass drug pipe in his pants pockets, according to the complaint.
    — Danny Freeman, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of switchblade
Noun
  • But Sarah Chue, a Los Angeles manicurist, adds that the richness and depth of olive polish can also flatter square or stiletto nails.
    — Christina Middleton, Allure, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The singer paired a Ferragamo dress with the same black satin stiletto mules it was shown with on the runway at the Ferragamo spring 2027 fashion show during Milan Fashion Week in September.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of stiletto
Noun
  • This includes openly carrying the famous Jim Bowie knife, as well as daggers, dirks, throwing knives, stilettos, poniards, swords, machetes and spears.
    — John Tufts, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2017
Definition of poniard

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