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pliers
/ ˈɪə /
plural noun
a gripping tool consisting of two hinged arms with usually serrated jaws that close on the workpiece
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of pliers1
Example Sentences
In chats via the Telegram social media platform, he described how he had an "information kit" which included a blowtorch, pliers, gaffer tape, a screwdriver, bleach and a syringe.
“Not the pliers — please, not the pliers,” he pleads.
Police said she was cited for carrying a pair of pliers as a burglary tool, resisting arrest and shoplifting before she was released.
Some of those remaining had deep gouging and scratches, which looked like marks left by pliers.
But when officers arrived on the scene they learned that a man repeatedly struck another passenger in the chest with a pair of pliers while they were riding on the bus.
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