scalpel

Trump took their side, saying that Musk needed to start using a "scalpel instead of a hatchet."

He was, after all, armed with a scalpel while Joel held a loaded gun on him.

Chapman had applied gauze to Williams' mouth, not a scalpel.

The signalling for the Spring Statement is that there will be no more tax rises and no more increases in government spending, instead a scalpel is set to be taken to some departments.

"We say the 'scalpel' rather than the 'hatchet,'" he added, promising agency leaders and Musk would work together effectively.