bolt cutters

Heavy-duty shears

Bolt cutters are heavy-duty hand tools with long handles and short, angled jaws designed to cut through padlocks, chains, bolts, and wire fencing.

The extended handles provide leverage to shear hardened metal that ordinary tools can't manage.

They're standard equipment for firefighters, locksmiths, and—in popular imagination—thieves: He showed up with bolt cutters and we were inside in seconds.

tool

jaws

Mouth's bony framework

handlesGrasping parts or manages
leverageBorrowed capital for amplified returns
gripsHolds firmly onto

shears · snips · hardware · chain · wire · padlock · cable · lock · fencing · rivet

cutting

sever

Cut apart completely

slicePortion cut off
shearLateral sliding force
snipSmall quick cut

clip · cleave · bisect · truncate · detach · disconnect · lop · rend · split · breach

criminal

burglary

Illegal entry to commit crime

theftUnlawful taking of property
break-inUnlawful entry to premises
heistOrganized large-scale theft

trespass · intrusion · forced entry · lockpick · security breach · evidence · contraband · escape · prison break · smuggling

material

steel

Carbon-hardened iron alloy

chainLinked segments forming length
wireThin metallic conductor
cableHeavy-duty woven line

rebar · mesh · fencing · padlock · hasp · rivet · rod · bar · link · shackle

rescue

emergency

Serious sudden danger

extricationAct of freeing
firefighterEmergency blaze responder
first responderInitial crisis scene personnel

trapped · entanglement · accident · liberation · freeing · disaster · debris · wreckage · safety · equipment

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burglary

steel

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