icepick

Pointed ice breaker

An icepick is a pointed metal tool with a handle, used to chip or break apart blocks of ice.

Before refrigerators produced ice cubes, icepicks were common household items.

The tool's sharp point makes it an effective improvised weapon—icepick attacks feature in crime stories and the term icepick lobotomy refers to a crude surgical procedure once performed through the eye socket.

lobotomy

Severing prefrontal neural pathways

FreemanName denoting unfettered status
transorbitalThrough the eye socket
psychiatricOf mental health treatment

procedure · leucotomy · surgery · asylum · neurosurgery · controversial · medical · historical

tool

spike

Sharp rise or point

handlePart for gripping
gripSecure manual hold
pointExact location or meaning

shaft · steel · pierce · chip · break · crack · splinter · bartending · cocktail · shatter

sharp

point

Exact location or meaning

spikeSharp rise or point
pierceMake hole through
stabPierce with point

puncture · prick · tip · blade · jab · impale · penetrate · gouge · perforate · skewer

cold

frost

Thin ice coating

freezingExtremely cold
glacierSlow-moving ice mass
arcticOf extreme northern cold

frigid · frozen · refrigerate · chill · subzero · polar · winter · block · cube · shards

climbing

mountaineering

Sport of climbing peaks

alpinismHigh-altitude peak climbing
cramponsSpiked boot attachments
self-arrestStopping one's own fall

glacier · crevasse · anchor · belay · ascent · summit · ridge · couloir · serac · fixed-line

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