Synonyms for machete
məˈʃɛt i, -ˈtʃɛt ima·chete

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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. machete, matchet, panganoun

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

   Synonyms:
   panga, matchet

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1. • Knife

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1. karambit

   Submitted by anonymous on December 7, 2020  

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1. List of paraphrases for "machete":

   axe

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1. 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.

2. Robert Doggart:

   If it gets down to the machete, we will cut them to shreds.

3. Don Sawatzky:

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

4. 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.

5. Patrice Barutwanajo:

   Whoever has a machete uses it for cultivating, not for other purposes, it is impossible to say that people have machetes for killing.