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How to pronounce machete in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms matchet, panga
Type of knife

Examples of machete

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The county Park and Recreation Department is bleeding from a budget machete job.
From the charlotteobserver.com
The boy held his ground until the man showed him that he was carrying a machete.
From the sltrib.com
The machete charge was particularly lethal because it involved firearms as well.
From the en.wikipedia.org
He demands the tape, threatens to drive his machete into the hood of the vehicle.
From the cnn.com
They put his right arm on a log, took a machete, and amputated it at the wrist.
From the economist.com
A large crowd had already gathered, armed with sharp pangas, a type of machete.
From the guardian.co.uk
Taylor grabbed a machete he keeps in the bedroom for protection, Sharpstein said.
From the foxnews.com
He's a tiny man from El Salvador whose weapon of choice is a razor-sharp machete.
From the washingtonpost.com
Then, digging with a machete, he discovered the transmitter buried underground.
From the heraldtribune.com
More examples
  • A large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation
  • The machete is a large cleaver-like cutting tool. The blade is typically long and usually under thick. In the English language, an equivalent term is matchet, though the name 'machete' is more commonly known. ...
  • Machete is the name of three fictional characters in the Marvel Comics Universe.
  • Machete is a 2010 American action film co-written, produced, and directed by Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis. It is an expansion of a fake trailer that was released together with Rodriguez' and Quentin Tarantino's 2007 Grindhouse. ...
  • Richard Melville Hall (born September 11, 1965), better known by his stage name Moby, is an American DJ, singer-songwriter, and musician.
  • Ephraim Vega (born December 2, 1976) is an Puerto Rican American professional wrestler and is best known working Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Machete, and in independent promotions under the name Ricky Vega.
  • A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion. A machete's blade is usually 50 to 65 centimeters (cm) long, and up to three millimeters (mm) thick; To cut or chop with a machete; To hack or chop crudely with a blade other than a machete
  • Spanish A broad bladed cutting and slashing tool. Often used to clear trails or bush.
  • The spinoff film from the Grindhouse trailer