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machete

[ muh-shet-ee, -chet-ee ]

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noun

a large heavy knife used especially in Latin American countries in cutting sugarcane and clearing underbrush and as a weapon.
a tarpon, Elops affinis, of the eastern Pacific Ocean, having an elongated, compressed body.

machete

/ -ˈtʃeɪ-; məˈʃɛtɪ /

a broad heavy knife used for cutting or as a weapon, esp in parts of Central and South America

Origin of machete¹

First recorded in 1575–1600; < Spanish, equivalent to mach(o) “mallet” ( mace ¹ ) + -ete noun suffix ( -et ( def ) )

Origin of machete¹

C16 macheto, from Spanish machete, from macho club, perhaps from Vulgar Latin mattea (unattested) club

Twitter users posted pictures of the scene and claimed a man had been seen with a machete.

Armed with an ax or a machete, he stops incoming cars for questioning: Who are they?

In one recent case, he said a man accused of kidnapping was hung from an iron bar and flogged with a machete.

The path for our group of six is being carved through tangles of vines and vegetation one machete hack at a time.

Robert Rodriguez grindhouse gore-fest, Machete Kills, slices and dices its way into theaters on Oct. 11.

He dug a grave with his machete among the smoking ruins of the hacienda, in which he laid his brother's body.

Millions of people from Texas to Patagonia have long found the machete an ever-ready tool.

He seized the lance, and, with it and the machete, retired to the convent.

To men of to-day this jungle would have been impenetrable, except by the incessant use of axe or machete.

The Ulleran whirled, swinging a blade somewhere between a big butcherknife and a small machete.

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