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Sledgehammer

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A long heavy hammer, often wielded with both hands, used for driving wedges and posts and for other heavy work.

v. To strike with or as if with a sledgehammer.

adj. Ruthlessly severe; crushing: sledgehammer prosecutorial tactics.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A hammer that consists of a large, heavy, broad and flat block of metal (the head) attached to a handle typically 0.5 meter to 1 meter long. The sledgehammer's design is meant to allow it to be swung powerfully, and to distribute force over a wide area upon impact.

v. To strike with a sledgehammer.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges

v. beat with a sledgehammer

Word Usage

"In January it emerged that the plan - codenamed "sledgehammer" - had been hatched at the highest levels of the military to plant bombs to destabilise the government."

Verb Form

sledgehammering sledgehammers

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

hammer

Cross Reference

maul mallet hammer

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

sledge-hammer mallet pickaxe hatchet sledge