as in knife
a heavy implement with a wide sharp blade used for cutting up large pieces of meat
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Recent Examples of cleaver
Authorities kicked down the door to the home on 84th Street and allegedly found the uncle standing near the entrance, wielding a meat cleaver and drenched in blood.
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Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Next National Mom kills her two kids with a meat cleaver, AZ officials say.
—Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2025
So maybe lawmakers shouldn’t take a meat cleaver to utility profits.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2025
The same rules apply for corkscrews with blades, box cutters, cigar cutters, darts, ice axes, ice picks, kirpans, meat cleavers, sabers, razor-type blades, and saws.
—Brian Dillon, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
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Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Next National Mom kills her two kids with a meat cleaver, AZ officials say.
—Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2025
So maybe lawmakers shouldn’t take a meat cleaver to utility profits.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2025
The same rules apply for corkscrews with blades, box cutters, cigar cutters, darts, ice axes, ice picks, kirpans, meat cleavers, sabers, razor-type blades, and saws.
—Brian Dillon, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cleaver
Noun
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Not all of her tips and tricks to staying fabulous involve undergoing a knife or needle though.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
6 June 2025
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Trump’s entire economic agenda is sitting on a knife’s edge.—
Phil Mattingly,
CNN Money,
6 June 2025
Noun
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The meat cutters would show up for work just as many of the clubgoers were going home.—
Ian Frazier,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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The Coast Guard also diverted the cutter Munro to the area, launched a C-130J Super Hercules aircrew from the air station in Kodiak, and positioned an MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter crew in Adak.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
5 June 2025
Noun
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The initial investigation by officers found that the victim, who is a uniformed security guard at the mosque, was praying inside when Davis approached him from behind and assaulted the security guard multiple times with a machete, police said.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 June 2025
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According to McCaskill, Johnson admitted to killing Mischa and her unborn child with a machete on July 12, 2024 after an argument between the two escalated.—
Anna Turning,
NBC news,
5 June 2025
Noun
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Haliburton’s heroics drove another dagger into the hearts of Kings fans, many of whom are still agonizing over the February 2022 trade that sent Haliburton to Indiana in exchange for Domantas Sabonis.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
6 June 2025
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One of the attackers then proceeded to slit Forde’s throat using a 12-inch dagger as two other assailants stabbed him in the stomach in front of onlookers.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
6 June 2025
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“Cleaver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cleaver. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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