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machete

[muh-shet-ee, -chet-ee] / məˈʃɛt i, -ˈtʃɛt i /
NOUN
sickle
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NOUN
weapon
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Arrabaca had two axes, a hammer, a machete, six fireworks and three fixed-blade knives, Barnacle said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Cuellar identified the man who allegedly wielded the machete as Cornell Richardson, 32.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

In his field, just a stone's throw from his house, Kone still works only with a machete and wears open-toed shoes.

From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026

"It was more like Lord of the Flies or Borstal," she said, adding that every girl there had a machete, in order to cut the grass.

From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026

After using his machete to hack his way through the dense foliage—all while getting stung and bitten by wasps and ants—Kermit would set up the sighting rod.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple

Besides pulling off dozens of ticks, Bardwell recalled the main challenge being “wait-a-minute vines,” made tougher by cheap, ineffective machetes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026

One expert questioned whether the two machetes we bought met the definition of having a "sharp pointed end" - a definition that hasn’t been considered yet in court.

From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2024

The team also had to leave their kayaks at a base camp they set up when it became impossible to head further upstream, hiking through the jungle using machetes for five days.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2024

The government’s Crime and Policing Bill would close a loophole on the sales of ninja and samurai swords, and jail tech company executives if banned zombie knives and machetes are sold on their platforms.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2024

When a mission took them to the mountains, they carried mosquito netting, machetes, canvas tarps, and extra bug juice.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien


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