sledgehammer

Speech parts

1. sledgehammer - Noun

2. sledgehammer - Verb

Meaning

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

beat with a sledgehammer

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

maul sledge auger mallet heavy hammer drill bang chisel buffet hammerhead knockdown farrier malleus awl
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Antonyms

guard support protect lose collapse encourage
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Hypernyms

tool hammer

Examples

Why slap them on the wrist with feather when you can belt them over the head with a sledgehammer. Katharine Hepburn

A sledgehammer breaks glass but forges steel. Leon Trotsky

By the end of my PhD I could swing a sledgehammer. Jocelyn Bell Burnell

He came like a sledgehammer, like a giant out of the mountain with a sledgehammer, writing with a sledgehammer... Richard Wright

But Richard had already gone the cop route and found it not nearly as productive as driving around with a sledgehammer and retaining the services of men with oxyacetylene torches. Neal Stephenson

Genius 1. to believe your own thought. To believe that what is true for you is ultimately true. 2. a sledgehammer. 3. the fruit of labour and thought. 4. soul. 5. the ability to put into effect what is in your mind. 6. something one can become. Heinrich Heine

Close letter words and terms

sledge-hammer sledgebell sledgeful sledgeless sledgelike sledgemeter