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
Knife attack at Brooklyn home: A man attacked four girls with a meat cleaver on Sunday before he was shot by the police, who rushed to the house after one of the injured children called 911.
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James Barron, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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.
—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
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James Barron, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cleaver
Noun
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Not all of her tips and tricks to staying fabulous involve undergoing a knife or needle though.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
6 June 2025
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Trump’s entire economic agenda is sitting on a knife’s edge.—
Phil Mattingly,
CNN Money,
6 June 2025
Noun
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The meat cutters would show up for work just as many of the clubgoers were going home.—
Ian Frazier,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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The Coast Guard also diverted the cutter Munro to the area, launched a C-130J Super Hercules aircrew from the air station in Kodiak, and positioned an MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter crew in Adak.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
5 June 2025
Noun
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There, several members yanked Junior out of the deli and butchered him with knives and a machete.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
31 May 2025
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Marshall Roper still has a scar on his face from where he was slashed by a machete during the invasion of his tobacco farm in 2000.—
Ish Mafundikwa,
Christian Science Monitor,
30 May 2025
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One of the attackers then proceeded to slit Forde’s throat using a 12-inch dagger as two other assailants stabbed him in the stomach in front of onlookers.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
6 June 2025
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Haliburton’s heroics drove another dagger into the hearts of Kings fans, many of whom are still agonizing over the February 2022 trade that sent Haliburton to Indiana in exchange for Domantas Sabonis.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
6 June 2025
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“Cleaver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cleaver. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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