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
Prosecutors added, per the Republic, that Inoue had a meat cleaver with her.
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Nicole Acosta, People.com, 25 Feb. 2025
The oldest one, a cleaver, is from 1998, the same year the store opened.
—Vanessa Anderson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2025
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—David Bauder, The Denver Post, 14 Feb. 2025
Calvin Sharp killed Molina with a meat cleaver in August 2007.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Nicole Acosta, People.com, 25 Feb. 2025
The oldest one, a cleaver, is from 1998, the same year the store opened.
—Vanessa Anderson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Related Articles Zelenskyy calls for ‘armed forces of Europe’ as EU leaders bristle at new US policies on Ukraine
USAID gutting hits Colorado as organizations, small businesses struggle to survive
Will the Denver Federal Center in Lakewood survive the Trump administration’s cost-cutting cleaver?
—David Bauder, The Denver Post, 14 Feb. 2025
Calvin Sharp killed Molina with a meat cleaver in August 2007.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cleaver
Noun
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Investigators were also not immediately aware of how Taylor was able to board the airplane with a knife, though Williams acknowledged that the country's smaller airstrips lacked security to fully search passengers.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Authorities were called to a residence there, near Harrison Avenue and West Bridger Street, the evening of April 5 to investigate a report of a physical disturbance involving a person with a knife.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
18 Apr. 2025
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Matthews’ fastball has averaged 97.1 mph for the Saints, compared to 94.9 mph for the Twins as a rookie last season, and the velocity on his slider and cutter are also up 2-3 mph.—
Aaron Gleeman,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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Lindor laid down a textbook bunt down for a single, and Soto hit a cutter to the left-center warning track with one on and none out.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2025
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The brother grabbed a machete and engaged his father, who’s accused of stabbing him during the fight, prosecutors said.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
21 Mar. 2025
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Listen to this article A man posing as a mourner planning a memorial at a Harlem mortuary waited for his accomplice to burst into the funeral home, before the two men beat up the director and threatened him with a machete during a terrifying, caught-on-camera robbery, police said Thursday.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
20 Mar. 2025
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The dagger is a metallurgical masterpiece that could be up to 2,500 years old, per the statement.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Apr. 2025
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Threaten the rubber hand by attempting to stab it with a dagger, for instance, and the participants exhibit an involuntary startle or fear response.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Cleaver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cleaver. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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