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
The question is how to get there from here, particularly as the butcher’s cleaver is ascendant over the diplomat.
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Nic Robertson, CNN, 7 Oct. 2024
One is a terrifying menace with a cleaver, the other is...an actor diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder who gets way too method and starts killing people, only to eventually get killed by the real Butcher ghost, with a cleaver.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 4 Sep. 2024
On Thursday, a man wielding a meat cleaver stabbed two men inside a Bronx laundromat, sending both victims to Lincoln Hospital, where one died, police said.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 8 Aug. 2024
The pair fend off the masses – driving through walls, avoiding meat cleavers and fighting Louis Lewis.
—Selena Kuznikov, Variety, 2 July 2024
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Nic Robertson, CNN, 7 Oct. 2024
One is a terrifying menace with a cleaver, the other is...an actor diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder who gets way too method and starts killing people, only to eventually get killed by the real Butcher ghost, with a cleaver.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 4 Sep. 2024
On Thursday, a man wielding a meat cleaver stabbed two men inside a Bronx laundromat, sending both victims to Lincoln Hospital, where one died, police said.
—Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 8 Aug. 2024
The pair fend off the masses – driving through walls, avoiding meat cleavers and fighting Louis Lewis.
—Selena Kuznikov, Variety, 2 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cleaver
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Well, some customers like to break it apart in other ways or slice it at home by knife.Miami Herald File, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2025
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Mejia was also arrested on Nov. 27, 2024, after allegedly stabbing a neighbor's Ring camera with a kitchen knife.Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 12 Jan. 2025
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The officers stopped the vehicle and initiated an investigation, which led to the discovery of several burglary tools, including a handsaw, bolt cutters, and pry tools, scattered inside the car.John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
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This 10-in-1 multitool features a bottle opener, a cord cutter, three hex wrenches, and a screwdriver—and that’s just the beginning.Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 13 Jan. 2025
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Almost a year after his death, one of his former friends – the one who’d kept a machete beside his bed – was still bitterly haunted.Martin McKenzie-Murray, SPIN, 7 Jan. 2025
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That same year, 16 people were killed after a Uyghur attacked dozens of Chinese police officers with a dump truck and machetes.Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 4 Jan. 2025
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The sentiment felt like a dagger, striking with unbearable pain.Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
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Rohan Nadkarni That feels like a possible first-half dagger.Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Cleaver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cleaver. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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