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: a fine-tooth saw with a blade under tension in a frame that is used for cutting hard materials (such as metal)
hacksaw
verb
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Those items included sections of a Tyvek suit, pieces of rug, unknown tissue, slippers, and both the blade and handle of a hacksaw, as well as the head and handle of a hatchet.
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Andrew Fone, FOXNews.com, 9 Dec. 2025
With the introduction into evidence of the tools Brian Walshe allegedly used to dismember his wife, including a hatchet and a hacksaw, the judge has shortened her estimate of how long his murder trial will take.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 5 Dec. 2025
Also found in the dumpster was a sheer, hammer, wire snips, a hatchet, and a hacksaw with red or brown stains.
—Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
Investigators searched a dumpster at the complex where Walshe’s mother lived and recovered a number of items, including a Tyvek suit, a hatchet, a hacksaw and several items with Brian and Ana Walshe’s blood and DNA on them.
—Lauren Del Valle, CNN Money, 20 Nov. 2025
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Andrew Fone, FOXNews.com, 9 Dec. 2025
With the introduction into evidence of the tools Brian Walshe allegedly used to dismember his wife, including a hatchet and a hacksaw, the judge has shortened her estimate of how long his murder trial will take.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 5 Dec. 2025
Also found in the dumpster was a sheer, hammer, wire snips, a hatchet, and a hacksaw with red or brown stains.
—Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025
Investigators searched a dumpster at the complex where Walshe’s mother lived and recovered a number of items, including a Tyvek suit, a hatchet, a hacksaw and several items with Brian and Ana Walshe’s blood and DNA on them.
—Lauren Del Valle, CNN Money, 20 Nov. 2025
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“Hacksaw.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hacksaw. Accessed 14 Dec. 2025.
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hacksaw
noun
hack·saw
ˈhak-ˌsȯ 
: a saw used for cutting hard materials (as metal) that consists of a frame holding a blade with small teeth
hacksaw
verb
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