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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The older man quickly retaliated and whipped out a box cutter, slashing his victim in the shoulder and hand as the train entered the station and the fight continued on the platform. —

Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2025 Ortiz had threatened Mach and his co-workers with a box cutter before lunging at the security guard. —

Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 23 Feb. 2024 On Friday afternoon in Harlem, a stranger stormed up and struck an 11-year-old girl with a box cutter for no apparent reason, cutting through the child’s long black hair and slashing the back of the pre-teen’s head. —

Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 14 May 2024 An expert has testified a box cutter may have been used to slash the girls' throats. —

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