macheted

Cut with cutlass

Macheted is the past tense of machete used as a verb, meaning to cut or strike with a machete—a broad, heavy blade used for clearing vegetation or as a weapon.

The verb form appears mainly in accounts of violence or agricultural work: The attackers macheted their victims, We macheted a path through the undergrowth.

clearing

slashed

Cut with force

cut · jungle · underbrush · trail · vegetation · path · brush · vines · thicket · blazed

violence

attacked

Acted aggressively against

assault · blade · weapon · victim · brutal · gash · injury · severed · bloodied · cleaved

agricultural

harvested

Gathered ripe crops

  • cutSeverance or reduction
  • sugarcaneSucrose-yielding tropical grass
  • coconutHard-shelled tropical drupe

banana · plantation · field · crop · farmer · laborer · stalks · husked · trimmed · cleared

Opposites
harm vs. healing

machetedhealed

Returned to health

saved · spared · mended · treated · bandaged

violence vs. gentleness

machetedcaressed

Touched with tenderness

stroked · embraced · comforted · soothed · cradled

method of violence/weapon used

machetedshot

Quick liquor serving

stabbed · bludgeoned · strangled · poisoned · drowned

Family

machete, machetes, macheting

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated R