the.com/wire cutter
The last tool that gets consulted before a very bad idea becomes permanent.
means A hand tool with sharp opposing jaws designed to sever wire by pinching through it with concentrated force.
from Straightforward compound of 'wire' (from Old English 'wir,' related to a root meaning to twist or bend metal into strands) plus 'cutter,' the agent noun from 'cut' (of uncertain deeper origin, appearing in English in the medieval period). The tool itself came into its own with the industrial-age explosion of wire — fencing, telegraph lines, barbed wire — which needed a dedicated way to be un-made as fast as it was strung up.
- heist cinema staple
- always clipped on the red wire, dramatically
- actual rule
- wire color means nothing, check the schematic
- jaw design
- angled blades shear instead of just crushing
- everyday hero
- frees more tangled earbuds than bombs