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cleavers

noun

Definition of cleavers

plural of cleaver

as in knives

a heavy implement with a wide sharp blade used for cutting up large pieces of meat

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Recent Examples of cleavers From all directions at once, the butchers were crushing toward the exits, holding their boning knives and cleavers aloft. — Literary Hub, 3 June 2026 Investigators were then led to the Amityville home, where police recovered a large folding knife, a large kitchen knife and two meat cleavers, Tierney said in April 2024. — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026 The sound of meat cleavers chopping pork on the wooden board, or the smell of whole hogs roasting on the brick pits overnight—these are just as much a part of the experience as the barbecue itself. — Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2025 After the Buffs’ opening drive stalled at midfield, leading to a nifty Damon Graves punt that pinned Houston to its own 3, the hosts got out the cleavers and went to work. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2025 Specifically, there are a ton of underbarrel attachments that are great, from hucking cleavers at enemies for one shot kills, shooting out gravity wells, laying down corrosive pools or an AOE energy blast around you. — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025

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Last year, a man was arrested after a machete and knives were discovered at a screening checkpoint in the Capitol Visitor Center (CVC), according to USCP.

— Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Over the course of the 95-minute run time, Cole will also deploy knives, a fire ax, a fishing spear, various firearms, and his very capable fists to take out foes, but the lock marks a high point in terms of situation-specific ingenuity.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of knives

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Pitchers are disguising their four-seamers up with more cutters in than ever before, so just advising him to be more aggressive in the zone is not good enough.

— Eno Sarris, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
In Minneapolis, another has gone viral for videos of himself dismantling the equipment with bolt cutters.

— Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of cutters

Noun

The painting, now owned by MoMA, shows a mélange of people—soldiers, civilians, field workers—and animals, as well as daggers.

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 27 Aug. 2026
The story delivers tender and tragic daggers to the heart through a series of unsettling encounters that expose the awkwardness of puberty.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026

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