Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A thin, sharp-edged piece of steel that can be fitted into a razor.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A long, slim oyster.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
razor blade .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a blade that has very sharp edge
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Examples
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Still, customers might not infer from this information that these cameras are being used to take a digital photo of them each time they lift a Gillette razorblade from the store’s shelf - it only takes one to prompt the camera - and again when they present the pack at the checkout.
Smart Mobs » Blog Archive » RFID, Razor Blades, Video Cameras, Shopping, and Privacy 2003
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So we got to the prison, and it had this really tall, razorblade barbed-wire fence, and there were men screeching obscenities out the window.
Teed Off Sherrie Daly 2011
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While the writers, who work with me, call my editing ‘the beautiful razorblade’ perhaps it is more like a blow torch at times.
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Do i cut the binding on the book, do i cut the individual pages with a razorblade?
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I've also never had a arrow fail to completly penetrate the animal and have never had a razorblade break off or come loose.
What is your favorite Broadhead and why? Mine is the Rage 2 blade. 2009
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The man was like a razorblade against the hypocrisy and B.S. of the world.
I Miss George Carlin 2009
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It's quirky, and not all of it is straight-up comedy, but the humor is as keen as a razorblade.
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So we got to the prison, and it had this really tall, razorblade barbed-wire fence, and there were men screeching obscenities out the window.
Teed Off Sherrie Daly 2011
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The man was like a razorblade against the hypocrisy and B.S. of the world.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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I've also never had a arrow fail to completly penetrate the animal and have never had a razorblade break off or come loose.
What is your favorite Broadhead and why? Mine is the Rage 2 blade. 2009
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