as in farmer
a person or machine that cuts and collects crops
hired reapers to pick the harvest
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Recent Examples of reaper
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
Noun
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Depending on how bad the pest ruined plants in a particular latitude, the farmer either made it financially, or borrowed more from the bank to eat during the winter.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Mar. 2026
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Rising oil prices have created queues at cheaper gas stations, while delivery workers, truckers and greenhouse farmers grapple with expenses.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Yaghi’s water harvester offers a more portable and eco-friendly alternative.—
Munis Raza,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Feb. 2026
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An organic farmer might use a tractor, a harvester, or a milking machine but avoid harmful fertilizers, pest controls, or animal growth hormones.—
Annie Levin,
Washington Post,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Reaper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reaper. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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