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sledgehammer
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun sledgehammer has 1 sense
- sledgehammer(n = noun.artifact) maul, sledge - a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges; Array is a kind of hammer
Derived form verb sledgehammer1
Verb sledgehammer has 1 sense
- sledgehammer(v = verb.contact) sledge - beat with a sledgehammer; Array is one way to hammer
Derived form noun sledgehammer1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sledgehammer, n.
1 a large heavy hammer used to break stone etc.
2 (attrib.) heavy or powerful (a sledgehammer blow).
1 a large heavy hammer used to break stone etc.
2 (attrib.) heavy or powerful (a sledgehammer blow).
Etymology
OE slecg, rel. to SLAY(1)
THESAURUS
sledgehammer
bang, baste, batter, beat, buffet, bulldozer, coercive, drub, flail, flap, forcible, hammer, knock, lambaste, larrup, maul, paste, patter, pelt, pommel, pound, pulverize, pummel, rap, spank, steamroller, strong-arm, thrash, thresh, thump, violent, wallop, whip
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