sledgehammer
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈslɛdʒˌhæmɚ/
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- Sarah imagined Richard wielding a sledgehammer, shattering the aquarium and the microscopes.
- use a sledgehammer
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.
- 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
How Heavy
Surface Forms
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.