cleaver

1. A squarish, heavy knife used by butchers for hacking through bones, etc.

   Hackbeil, Cleaver

   большо́й нож мясника́bolʹšój nož mjasniká, нож для нареза́ния мя́саnož dlja narezánija mjása, сека́чsekáč

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2. A Paleolithic biface.

3. (Bahamas)A type of clave, or rhythm stick, a concussive musical instrument used in traditional Bahamian music.

4. (figuratively)The act of eliminating someone or something, especially when done by someone with a history of other eliminations; a dismissal, rejection, or removal.

5. A type of oar blade with an asymmetric, mostly rectangular shape that resembles a cleaving knife.

6. A line segment that bisects the perimeter of a triangle and has one endpoint at the midpoint of one of the triangle's three sides.

1. I'm going to chop her head off with a cleaver.

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2. This is a cleaver.

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3. Ziri asked Rima if he could borrow her cleaver.

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