Law Enforcement Gear

noun A tool used for cutting bolts or other metal objects

• The worker used a bolt cutter to remove the padlock from the gate.
• I borrowed my neighbor's bolt cutter to break the lock on my shed.
• I had to bust out the bolt cutter to get into the abandoned building.
• She felt like a bolt cutter, breaking through the barriers holding her back.

noun a word that functions as the subject or object of a verb or the object of a preposition

• The military deployed an MRAP vehicle to protect soldiers from improvised explosive devices.
• The MRAP vehicle is like a tank, but for protecting soldiers from bombs.
• Check out that badass MRAP vehicle rolling through town.
• The MRAP vehicle served as a shield, protecting the soldiers from harm.