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box cutter

[ boks kuht-er ]

noun

  1. a small cutting tool consisting of a retractable razor blade in a metal or plastic holder, designed for opening cardboard cartons.


box cutter

noun

  1. a knife-like tool with a short retractable blade
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of box cutter1

First recorded in 1825–30 in the sense of a person who cuts boxes; current sense dates from 1950–55
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Example Sentences

The 2019 murder of 76-year-old Chyong Jen Tsai was as gruesome as it was unexpected; the Arcadia grandmother was found dead in her own backyard after she was viciously attacked with a hammer, a jab saw and a box cutter, authorities said.

Video footage showed McBride shoot Hernandez as he walked toward her and her police partner while ignoring repeated commands to drop the box cutter.

McBride was among several officers who responded in April 2020 to a chaotic scene at the intersection of San Pedro and 32nd streets in the Historic South-Central neighborhood, where Daniel Hernandez had crashed his truck into multiple other vehicles and was brandishing a box cutter.

A municipal candidate for the far-right Alternative for Germany party was slashed with a box cutter in the western German city of Mannheim, the authorities said on Wednesday.

After Mr. Koch confronted him, the man attacked Mr. Koch with a box cutter, Mr. Sänze said.

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