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
Then, turn your knife or cleaver upside down and, using the blunt end, back the meat as many times as possible to flatten it out, making tracks along the pork.
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Gretchen McKay, Boston Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
After rinsing, use a cleaver or a very sharp knife to cut the beef tendon into 3- to 4-inch pieces.
—Vicky Hallett, NPR, 1 Apr. 2025
An Arizona mother was convicted of killing her two children with a meat cleaver, according to multiple news reports.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 25 Feb. 2025
Meat cleavers were wedged between the chicken cutting table and wall.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025
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Gretchen McKay, Boston Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
After rinsing, use a cleaver or a very sharp knife to cut the beef tendon into 3- to 4-inch pieces.
—Vicky Hallett, NPR, 1 Apr. 2025
An Arizona mother was convicted of killing her two children with a meat cleaver, according to multiple news reports.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 25 Feb. 2025
Meat cleavers were wedged between the chicken cutting table and wall.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cleaver
Noun
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The knife was attached to a cable and measured to be seemingly less than an inch away from Cruise’s eyeball.—
Skyler Trepel,
People.com,
25 May 2025
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Two suspects reportedly ran up on the officer, threatened him with a knife and beat him, breaking his orbital bone.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
24 May 2025
Noun
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The second reliever to follow him, Calvin Faucher, served up the 2-0 belt-high cutter on the outer third of the plate that Machado sent 408 feet to left field.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 May 2025
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But both brothers died when their cutter, the U.S.S. Tampa, was torpedoed by German U-boats.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 May 2025
Noun
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This vignette of administrative chaos exacerbated by mass layoffs will be familiar to any federal employee or contractor whose agency has been felled of late by the whimsical machete of DOGE.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
10 May 2025
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The guard approached, with his hand apparently ready to draw his firearm, which prompted Scott to run off, ditching the machete in his escape.—
Robert Salonga,
Mercury News,
7 May 2025
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And then, to drive the dagger into Michaela even more, Simone walks down the stairs in a stunning pale blue dress that Michaela had made for her.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
22 May 2025
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Brunson’s shot — a cold-blooded pull-up three with the season hanging in the balance — was the dagger that sent New York to its third straight second-round appearance.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
2 May 2025
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“Cleaver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cleaver. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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