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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In the video, an officer handling a police dog can be heard telling Umana to drop the machete as Umana stood on the sidewalk.
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Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
Cops are looking for a man who chopped off most of the fingers on a man’s hand with a machete after a sidewalk dispute in the Bronx erupted over their dogs barking at each other, police said.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2025
Berardi allegedly waved the machete from his vehicle and followed the victim until police intervened.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2025
The X-ray machine was stopped as the bag went through, then police arrested 44-year-old Mel J. Horne, of Washington, D.C., before securing the machete.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2025
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Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
Cops are looking for a man who chopped off most of the fingers on a man’s hand with a machete after a sidewalk dispute in the Bronx erupted over their dogs barking at each other, police said.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2025
Berardi allegedly waved the machete from his vehicle and followed the victim until police intervened.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2025
The X-ray machine was stopped as the bag went through, then police arrested 44-year-old Mel J. Horne, of Washington, D.C., before securing the machete.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Machete.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/machete. Accessed 6 Feb. 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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