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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms: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

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1. • Knife

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1. karambit

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1. List of paraphrases for "machete":

   axe

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1. Jason Harper:

   He grabs the machete and pulls it out and swung at me, it [the knife] hit me right here in the face, but I ducked. Luckily I ducked a little bit, and he caught the side of my cheek.

2. 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.

3. Prime Minister Tony Abbott:

   ... Kneeling before the death cult flag with a knife in his hand and a machete before him one of those arrested said this: 'I swear to almighty Allah, we will carry out the first implementation for the soldiers of the caliphate in Australia', he went on to say ... 'I swear to almighty Allah, blond people, there is no room for blame between you and us. We only are ... stabbing the kidneys and striking the necks’.

4. Robert Doggart:

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

5. 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.