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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Powell initially walked away, then pulled a box cutter from his backpack, turned and slashed on the left side of his face.
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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
What To Know Disciplinary records obtained by the television station show that on October 24, 2024, Henderson was disciplined for bringing a box cutter to school and threatening another student.
—Erin Keller, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
Listen to this article A 20-year-old man was slashed with a box cutter during a fight with an older man on a subway train entering Penn Station, MTA officials said Saturday.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2025
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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
What To Know Disciplinary records obtained by the television station show that on October 24, 2024, Henderson was disciplined for bringing a box cutter to school and threatening another student.
—Erin Keller, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
Listen to this article A 20-year-old man was slashed with a box cutter during a fight with an older man on a subway train entering Penn Station, MTA officials said Saturday.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Box cutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/box%20cutter. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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