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 knifes range from the wee (petty and paring knives) to the grand (cleavers and vegetable knives).
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Scott Hocker, theweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Earlier that morning, without warning, his 15-year-old son Ming (Dylan So) murdered his mother and younger sister Grace (Lainey Hung) with a meat cleaver.
—Richard Kuipers, Variety, 2 Nov. 2024
Comments The horror genre tends to be as subtle as a meat cleaver to the skull.
—Keith Staskiewicz, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
The question is how to get there from here, particularly as the butcher’s cleaver is ascendant over the diplomat.
—Nic Robertson, CNN, 7 Oct. 2024
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Scott Hocker, theweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Earlier that morning, without warning, his 15-year-old son Ming (Dylan So) murdered his mother and younger sister Grace (Lainey Hung) with a meat cleaver.
—Richard Kuipers, Variety, 2 Nov. 2024
Comments The horror genre tends to be as subtle as a meat cleaver to the skull.
—Keith Staskiewicz, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
The question is how to get there from here, particularly as the butcher’s cleaver is ascendant over the diplomat.
—Nic Robertson, CNN, 7 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cleaver
Noun
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On the bottom rack, it is recommended to point all dishes towards the silverware basket and point all spoons and forks up while placing any knives or sharp utensils down.—
Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
16 Feb. 2025
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Prime members can also save on handy tools and appliances, like this 14-piece knife set that comes with its own storage block, plus this multifunctional air fryer that’s 47 percent off.—
Clara McMahon,
People.com,
15 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The cloth cutters are mostly men; the sewers, who do the more complex engineering, such as the cuffs and collars, are mostly women.—
Gary Shteyngart,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2025
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National security cutters are designed to support global operations and missions, and can hold a crew of up to 170, according to the branch.—
Alexandra Koch,
Fox News,
6 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The first sections of the bike path were made in 1992 with machetes and saws.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2025
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According to cops, a 34-year-old man was struck in the left hand with a machete by an unidentified man around 11:24 a.m. Friday near Southern Blvd.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
26 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The dagger in my hand is already covered in my sweat.—
Mireille Juchau,
The Dial,
4 Feb. 2025
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For all of his tenacious effort at the defensive end, the signature play Friday for Maciejewski was a 3-pointer in the fourth quarter that served as the dagger.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Feb. 2025
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“Cleaver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cleaver. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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