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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Tanzi tied up Acosta in the back of the van and headed to Key West, stealing her money from ATMS along the way after threatening her with a box cutter to get her bank account password.
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Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2025
To remove anything securing the cardboard together, either use a sharp tool, such as a box cutter, to carefully perforate the tape at the edges, or use a flathead screwdriver to pop out staples.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 7 Mar. 2025
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.
—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
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Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2025
To remove anything securing the cardboard together, either use a sharp tool, such as a box cutter, to carefully perforate the tape at the edges, or use a flathead screwdriver to pop out staples.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 7 Mar. 2025
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.
—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
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“Box cutter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/box%20cutter. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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