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In 1988, Tatum was hospitalized for nearly five weeks after another inmate smashed an ice pick into his forehead and neck, damaging his spine.
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Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 25 July 2024
Bob Hayward stopped Bundy's tan Volkswagen, which was lingering outside a home in Granger, Utah.
After finding a ski mask, a crowbar, an ice pick and handcuffs in the car, the officer placed Bundy under arrest – but he was soon released.
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Christina Coulter, Fox News, 14 July 2024
Glover, then in her mid-30s, was standing in front of a bathroom mirror fixing her hair while getting ready for work as a craps dealer at a Las Vegas casino when she was struck by pain that felt like an ice pick piercing the right side of the top of her head.
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Sandra G. Boodman, Washington Post, 13 July 2024
Knives, guns, clubs and ice picks were commonplace.
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Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1851, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near ice pick
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“Ice pick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20pick. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
Kids Definition
ice pick
noun
: a hand tool ending in a spike for chipping ice
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