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Another word for machete

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Noun
      1. The flat cutting part of a sharpened weapon or tool.
      2. A sword.
      3. A swordsman.
      1. A generally hard, strong, durable, malleable alloy of iron and carbon, usually containing between 0.2 and 1.5 percent carbon, often with other constituents such as manganese, chromium, nickel, molybdenum, copper, tungsten, cobalt, or silicon, depending on the desired alloy properties, and widely used as a structural material.
      2. Something, such as a sword, that is made of steel.
      3. A quality suggestive of this alloy, especially a hard, unflinching character.
      1. A heavy, broad-bladed knife or hatchet used especially by butchers.
      2. A bifacial core tool flaked to produce a straight sharp edge at one end.
      1. An implement having a semicircular blade attached to a short handle, used for cutting grain or tall grass.
      2. The cutting mechanism of a reaper or mower.
      3. To cut with a sickle.
    See also:

    sword

    knife

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Sentence Examples

  • The machete felt heavy in her sweating palm.

  • Jonny wasn't trained in reading minds; his entrance into hers was like taking a machete to a piñata.

  • Rhyn lowered his machete and held his hand out.

  • She brought the machete down with a dull thud, anchoring the blade in the log.

  • The machete had sliced through his collarbone, and blood spurted from the wound into the courtyard.s grass.

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