razor-sharp

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razor-sharp

1. (idiomatic) Extremely sharp.

   The executioner was proud that he kept his axe razor-sharp, so no prisoner would feel any pain when his head was cut off.

   • 2002 March 20, Kazuki Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories (PlayStation video game, North American version), Konami:

     [flavor text of the card "Zera The Mant"]
     A huge, brutal monster that attacks with razor-sharp claws.

   • 2018, Norm Macdonald Has a Show, season 1, episode 7, spoken by Norm Macdonald:

     A lot of people stress out about getting crows' feet, but personally I would be more concerned about their long, razor-sharp beaks.

   1. Very clever or quick-witted.
   2. Very stylish or attractive.
      • 2026 April 14, Larissa Mills, “Gen Z Hates Carrie Bradshaw, But I Still Love Her—Here's Why”, in Marie Claire‎^[1]:

        One day, she was in a razor-sharp three-piece suit, and the next, a tulle skirt that had no business being worn after the age of five (but she did, and then we all wanted to wear tutus too!).