box cutter
noun
: a small cutting tool that is designed for opening cardboard boxes and typically consists of a retractable razor blade in a thin metal or plastic sheath
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As the men struggled, one armed with a box cutter, two passing detectives from the 63rd Precinct’s detectives squad who had just finished lunch spotted the fight and pulled over to intervene.
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Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2025
Beyond driver action, the tool includes a pry bar for opening lids, lifting nails, serving as a box cutter and more.
—Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 24 Dec. 2024
Powell initially walked away, then pulled a box cutter from his backpack, turned and slashed on the left side of his face.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2025
That’s the subtle absurdity, besides the obvious one, of trying to kill the color with a box cutter: in a sense, red in Western culture has been offed already.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2025
Beyond driver action, the tool includes a pry bar for opening lids, lifting nails, serving as a box cutter and more.
—Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 24 Dec. 2024
Powell initially walked away, then pulled a box cutter from his backpack, turned and slashed on the left side of his face.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2025
That’s the subtle absurdity, besides the obvious one, of trying to kill the color with a box cutter: in a sense, red in Western culture has been offed already.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Box cutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/box%20cutter. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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