as in farmer
a person or machine that cuts and collects crops
hired reapers to pick the harvest
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Flavors include salt and pepper, lemon pepper, barbecue, Cajun, honey garlic, buffalo, garlic-parm and a litany of spicy flavors on the Scoville scale ranging from Thai sweet chili (mild) to mango habanero (medium) to cyber reaper (blazing).
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Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 18 Nov. 2025
The restaurant's signature, Nashville-style chicken tenders and sliders come in seven spice levels, from no spice to reaper, which requires customers to sign a waiver before eating it.
—Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Check out more fan-favorites like a seven-foot-tall Frankenstein’s monster, a 10-foot reaper, and a giant spider.
—Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2025
But even the Carolina reaper pales in comparison to Pepper X, the Guinness World Record holder for hottest hot pepper, ranking in at a bear spray-like 2,693,000 SHUs.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 May 2025
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Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 18 Nov. 2025
The restaurant's signature, Nashville-style chicken tenders and sliders come in seven spice levels, from no spice to reaper, which requires customers to sign a waiver before eating it.
—Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Check out more fan-favorites like a seven-foot-tall Frankenstein’s monster, a 10-foot reaper, and a giant spider.
—Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2025
But even the Carolina reaper pales in comparison to Pepper X, the Guinness World Record holder for hottest hot pepper, ranking in at a bear spray-like 2,693,000 SHUs.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reaper
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By blending cinematic storytelling with participatory elements on social media, the campaign has garnered more than 150 million views and fostered a grassroots movement, empowering farmers and citizens alike to explore and support climate-positive agriculture.—
Hilary Lewis,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Apr. 2026
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When feed costs become unsustainable, farmers may be forced to kill or sell off the breeding cows and sows that represent the future of the food supply.—
Aya S. Chacar,
Fortune,
9 Apr. 2026
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Aker is the world's largest harvester of krill, responsible for over half the world's catch.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026
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The complete license would cost $150 and include a base hunting license, two deer licenses, one antlerless deer license, an all-species fishing license, a spring and fall wild turkey hunting license, a waterfowl hunting license, a pheasant hunting license, and a fur harvester's license.—
Paul Egan,
Freep.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Reaper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reaper. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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