machete
noun
ma·chete
mə-ˈshe-tē 
-ˈche-;
-ˈshet
: a large heavy knife used for cutting sugarcane and underbrush and as a weapon
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Kevin Torres, David Sosa-Guevara, and Victor Lopez-Morales admitted to using machetes and guns in brutal killings carried out across Long Island, with each defendant now facing decades in federal prison.
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David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
Their group was known for extreme brutality and violence, including the murder of two Brentwood High School girls with a machete and a baseball bat.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025
The man, 44-year-old Mel Horne of Washington, D.C., was stopped when police officers spotted the machete in his bag during an X-ray screening in the Capitol Visitor Center just after 2 p.m. ET, according to the U.S. Capitol Police.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
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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David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
Their group was known for extreme brutality and violence, including the murder of two Brentwood High School girls with a machete and a baseball bat.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 16 Jan. 2025
The man, 44-year-old Mel Horne of Washington, D.C., was stopped when police officers spotted the machete in his bag during an X-ray screening in the Capitol Visitor Center just after 2 p.m. ET, according to the U.S. Capitol Police.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
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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“Machete.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/machete. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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machete
noun
ma·chete
mə-ˈshet-ē
-ˈchet-ē;
mə-ˈshet
: a large heavy knife used especially for cutting sugarcane and underbrush and as a weapon
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