sledgehammer
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈslɛdʒˌhæmɚ/
- Sarah imagined Richard wielding a sledgehammer, shattering the aquarium and the microscopes.
- use a sledgehammer
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Watch on YouTubeIt was like like there were eye beams with little hieroglyphics, purple eye beams that you could not just you couldn't, you couldn't damage with the sledgehammer or blowtorch.
- It was like like there were eye beams with little hieroglyphics, purple eye beams that you could not just you couldn't, you couldn't damage with the sledgehammer or blowtorch.
- So, you know, like, yeah, sometimes you you use the sledgehammer, right.
- And he still had a grip like a lion, you know, punch like a sledgehammer, you know, even when he was aging, you know, and he just had that.
Examples
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Then she sets it on the work table and picks up a small sledgehammer.
Fiction book (1991) -
He and his team hacked it out with sledgehammers and chisels and they broke their way in to The North Face.
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You would need a sledgehammer or something.
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You have to use a sledgehammer.
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Right, we need a sledgehammer.
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And then as we did that, we had to use sledgehammers to enter the library window instead.
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The door is open, and the deadbolt looks smashed with something heavy, like a sledgehammer.
Fiction book (1995) -
In one swift movement, he grabbed the sledgehammer from the settee and hurled it at the wall.
Fiction book (1998) -
The million-decibel pounding of sledgehammers and the screeching of construction cranes are like Swan Lake to me.
Fiction book (1991) -
The construction crew used a sledgehammer to break up the old concrete pathway.
Synonyms
188
1.0
A tool with a heavy head for hitting nails or wood
21
7.5
A large heavy hammer with a long handle used to split logs or drive wedges
3
6.8
A heavy hammer with a long handle used to hit stakes or wedges
Idioms
- Informal
To use far more force or effort than needed for a small task
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Morphology
Etymology
Sledgehammer comes from two simple words: sledge and hammer. A sledge originally meant a 'heavy hammer', and hammer is a tool for hitting, so a sledgehammer is a very large, heavy hammer used to break things.