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Machetes
A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion, or as a weapon. The blade is usually 50 to 65 centimeters long, and up to three millimeters thick.
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noun
- 1
A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion, or as a weapon. The blade is usually 50 to 65 centimeters long, and up to three millimeters thick.
verb
- 1
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."
- 2
To hack or chop crudely with a blade other than a machete.
"You can't just machete about with a rapier and expect to succeed; you need to thrust properly."
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