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an instrument with a metal length that has a sharp edge for cutting
a fabric cutter
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Recent Examples of cutters
Multiple aircraft, cutters and small boats searched 1,047 square miles over 24 hours, finding debris near the location where the EPIRB was activated, along with the captain’s body and an unoccupied life raft that had been deployed.
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Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026
Ordinary workshop cutters would have struggled with both the scale and material constraints, making outsourcing the most reliable option for maintaining structural integrity and dimensional precision in the build.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 17 May 2026
Hamilton cut the lock and some of the fence with bolt cutters.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
Giant drilling machines nearly the length of two football fields armed with cutters harder than diamonds will chew through dense rock.
—ABC News, 13 May 2026
With a shutout to protect, Kelly struck out Greene and Dillon Dingler with a pair of cutters.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 7 May 2026
The goalie has tried to immerse himself with everyone around the team, from management to ice cutters to gameday staff.
—Peter Baugh, New York Times, 7 May 2026
Right-hander Grant Holmes started throwing effective cutters, and the Rockies failed to adjust.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 2 May 2026
In the summer of 1917, six United States Coast Guard cutters were sent overseas on convoy duty for the war, and the Tampa was the only one that never returned.
—Stephen Smith, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026
Ordinary workshop cutters would have struggled with both the scale and material constraints, making outsourcing the most reliable option for maintaining structural integrity and dimensional precision in the build.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 17 May 2026
Hamilton cut the lock and some of the fence with bolt cutters.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
Giant drilling machines nearly the length of two football fields armed with cutters harder than diamonds will chew through dense rock.
—ABC News, 13 May 2026
With a shutout to protect, Kelly struck out Greene and Dillon Dingler with a pair of cutters.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 7 May 2026
The goalie has tried to immerse himself with everyone around the team, from management to ice cutters to gameday staff.
—Peter Baugh, New York Times, 7 May 2026
Right-hander Grant Holmes started throwing effective cutters, and the Rockies failed to adjust.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 2 May 2026
In the summer of 1917, six United States Coast Guard cutters were sent overseas on convoy duty for the war, and the Tampa was the only one that never returned.
—Stephen Smith, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cutters
knives
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On top of pocket knives, other sharp items that could be used as weapons, like corkscrews, Swiss Army knives, and box cutters, are not allowed through TSA.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
17 May 2026
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At the site, archaeologists also found tools such as conch shell hammers and shark tooth knives used to prepare food.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Cutters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cutters. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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