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What is a cleaver?

What is a cleaver? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A squarish, heavy knife used by butchers for hacking through bones etc
  2. (music) A type of clave, or rhythm stick, a concussive musical instrument used in traditional Bahamian music.
  3. (metaphoric) The act of eliminating someone or something, especially when done by someone with a history of other eliminations; a dismissal, rejection, or removal.
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A former mental patient went after him with a cleaver, and Shea dropped him with a single.38 slug to the belly.
They wielded a pistol in each hand as calmly and skillfully as a butcher wielded a cleaver and had spare ammo clips around their waists.
It is alleged that a disguised meat cleaver, stiletto blade and a dagger were taken on to a packed British Airways Boeing 747 flight.
Tap the meat out lightly with a heavy object such as meat cleaver or rolling pin.
Even Democrats who supported big defense cuts wanted them chosen carefully, not with the sequester's cleaver.
Thugs escaped with thousands of pounds after raiding the Harpurhey Post Office and supermarket on Rochdale Road with a meat cleaver.

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