Antonyms for machete
məˈʃɛt i, -ˈtʃɛt ima·chete

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.5 / 2 votes

1. machetenoun

   Synonyms:
   bolo

2. macheteverb

   To cut or chop with a machete.

   After some hours of intense work, we had macheted a path through the jungle to the bank of the river.

   Synonyms:
   bolo

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1. • Knife

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.6 / 7 votes

1. machete, matchet, panganoun

   a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation

   Synonyms:
   panga, matchet

How to use machete in a sentence?

1. Rabbi Shmuel Gancz:

   They are grateful for what they deem a minor injury considering where else the machete could have hit him, such as his eyes.

2. Don Sawatzky:

   The number one killer of people with albinism is skin cancer, not machete attacks and muti murders (ritual killings).

3. Gulled Bulhan:

   I was crossing the road when I saw a man with a machete and silver canisters on his chest being chased by what I assume was an undercover police officer -- as they were in civilian clothing.

4. Transportation Security Officer Carol Richel:

   Officer Slyve is my hero, she probably saved my life because he was within inches of whacking me. ... She saved a lot of people's lives. This man was swinging very hard with the machete.

5. Abdullah Faaruuq:

   They say Aafia Saddiqui took up a machine gun while they held Aafia Saddiqui captive in the other room and was ready to attack her captors, what a brave woman she is. And if my mother was in the same place, she would have taken her West Indian machete and cut her way through those kafirs( infidels).

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