machete

Converse of subject

kill: Many saw their parents killed by machete in the genocide that ripped through Rwanda in just 100 days in 1994.

Converse of object

• wield: We could tell by the way the drivers were getting out wielding machetes.
• carry: Rounds of delicious ice cold cerveza Polar in a bar where almost every man either carried a machete or a gun or both.
• use: Usually a kind of machete used for hunting or moving in the jungle.
• include: As well as knives, the weapons surrendered to the 43 police forces across England and Wales include machetes, meat cleavers and axes.
• get: Where he had gotten the machete, Colson couldn't tell.
• have: He is caught, strangled and has a machete graphically cut open his hand.

Adjective modifier

large: I met one of the guards and discussed his situation ( Figure 7 ). He was very fit, and carried a large machete.

Modifies a noun

• wound: New arrivals are given a full medical check and such examinations often reveal serious injuries such as machete wounds and broken bones.
• knife: One man was armed with a large machete type knife.
• blow: They are then piled at the edge of the plantation, ready to be split open with a couple of machete blows.
• slash: From some the blood still drips from machete slashes, spear thrusts and bullets.
• gang: Machete gang raid bingo hall - 01/08/06 Log in to remember this page.
• cut: We supply dressing for the machete cut on their left knee and call it AIDS.

Preposition: in

hand: He'll spend the day with a machete in hand, weeding or pruning the plants.