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sledgehammer

[ slej-ham-er ]

noun

  1. a large heavy hammer wielded with both hands.


verb (used with or without object)

  1. to hammer, beat, or strike with or as if with a sledgehammer.

adjective

  1. crudely or ruthlessly forceful; lacking all dexterity or grace:

    the artist's sledgehammer approach.

sledgehammer

/ Ėˆ²õ±ōɛ»åĻōĖŒ³óƦ³¾É™ /

noun

  1. a large heavy hammer with a long handle used with both hands for heavy work such as forging iron, breaking rocks, etc
  2. modifier resembling the action of a sledgehammer in power, ruthlessness, etc

    a sledgehammer blow

ā€œCollins English Dictionary ā€” Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to strike (something) with or as if with a sledgehammer
ā€œCollins English Dictionary ā€” Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of sledgehammer1

First recorded in 1485ā€“95; sledge 2 + hammer
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of sledgehammer1

C15 sledge, from Old English slecg a large hammer; related to Old Norse sleggja, Middle Dutch slegge
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Donald Trump strode into the Rose Garden Wednesday with the elegance and subtlety of a sledgehammer.

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"I can only hope it is a sledgehammer attention-grabbing move which then settles down to more specific targeting in the months ahead," he said.

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Just one month before the shooting, the Ahearne brothers and Kelly stood outside the Museum of Far Eastern Art in Geneva equipped with a sledgehammer, angle grinders and crowbars.

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The "hobbling" sceneā€”she uses a sledgehammer to break Paulā€™s anklesā€”elevated her to canonical b***h status: a cunning, brutal and mercurial harridan who hides her malice behind a folksy faƧade.

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I canā€™t think of a more ill-advised choice than this flimsy film that wields pity like a sledgehammer, that puts no stock in the anger-management techniques that were a part of Majorsā€™ sentence.

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