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razor-blade
verb 2noun 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
detachable
VERB + RAZOR-BLADE
manufacture
RAZOR-BLADE + NOUN
thinness
PREP.
in
ADV.
readily, such
Definitions
verb
1
To cut or scrape with a razor blade or something similar.
Of course, my friend razor-bladed the offending page from all her own copies, but whenever she read in the schools, some kid always wanted to know, ' Where's that little green man it says in the front?"
"Never mind," Nishimura Blaine said as he razor-bladed the box open.
2
To do something with extreme precision.
A sigh slipped between her teeth as she razor-bladed each syllable with her tongue.
noun
1
Alternative form of razor blade.
As a new article of manufacture, a detachable razor-blade of such thinness and flexibility as to require external support to give rigidity to its cutting edge.
A further object of the invention is to provide a self-honing safety razor in which the razor-blade may be readily reversed to grind both sides of the blade.
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Of course, my friend razor-bladed the offending page from all her own copies, but whenever she read in the schools, some kid always wanted to know, ' Where's that little green man it says in the front
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"Never mind," Nishimura Blaine said as he razor-bladed the box open.
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I saw pages from a book carefully razor-bladed out with an X-Acto knife and painted to show scenes of children playing in a field.
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As a new article of manufacture, a detachable razor-blade of such thinness and flexibility as to require external support to give rigidity to its cutting edge.
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A further object of the invention is to provide a self-honing safety razor in which the razor-blade may be readily reversed to grind both sides of the blade.
Wiktionary06
In the 'package' of the prices for razor-blades arrayed between the price of one pen and the price of two pens, all prices lying in between those two extremes remain undefined or inexistent.
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