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sledgehammer

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sledgehammer /ˈslɛʤˌhæmɚ/ noun
plural sledgehammers
sledgehammer
/ˈslɛʤˌhæmɚ/
noun
plural sledgehammers
Learner's definition of SLEDGEHAMMER
[count]
: a large, heavy hammer with a long handle大锤 — often used figuratively常用作比喻
BNC: 22246 COCA: 19255

sledgehammer

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noun

sledge·​ham·​mer ˈslej-ˌha-mər How to pronounce sledgehammer (audio)
: a large heavy hammer that is wielded with both hands
also : something that resembles a sledgehammer in action

sledgehammer

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verb

sledgehammered; sledgehammering; sledgehammers

transitive verb

: to strike with or as if with a sledgehammer

intransitive verb

: to strike blows with or as if with a sledgehammer

sledgehammer

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adjective

: marked by heavy-handed directness or hard-hitting force
trusting in sledgehammer warfare C. J. Rolo

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Among the items were several cardboard boxes, a bucket, a trashcan and a sledgehammer. Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 3 Sep. 2022 Throughout the summer, Frankfurter helped the president construct a second round of reform legislation that might withstand the court’s sledgehammer. John Fabian Witt, The New Republic, 26 Aug. 2022 In a video that quickly went viral, then-strength and conditioning coach Scott Cochran took a sledgehammer to the trophy commemorating the loss to Clemson in Tampa to close the 2016 season. Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al, 5 Aug. 2022 For the show, Ms. Morrison took a sledgehammer to a commode stuffed with shredded papers inspired by former President Donald J. Trump. New York Times, 25 Mar. 2022 It’s a classic ring-the-bell sledgehammer-slammer, featuring a 20-foot plywood sleeping George Bush with a vulture on its shoulder. Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 25 July 2022 The vehicle has panels that cannot be dented with a sledgehammer and windows that are supposed to be bulletproof. Paris Marx, Wired, 5 July 2022 Get ready for gut-wrenching twists and some disturbing scenes involving a sledgehammer. Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 22 June 2022 Mount then brought the sledgehammer to the Arizona Fall League. Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 9 Mar. 2022
Verb
The move means the 7-foot Kiwi will be under contract for the next three seasons and signals that at a time when the game is becoming increasingly perimeter-oriented, the Pelicans will try to sledgehammer their way to wins. Christian Clark, NOLA.com, 24 Nov. 2020 While Beijing’s sledgehammer approach — seen by many as an extreme experiment unprecedented in size and scope — worked to quickly lower the number of infections, the price in human trauma and economic loss was severe. Javier C. Hernández, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2020 The suit stemmed from a May 10, 2019, incident in which police sledgehammered the front gate of his Outer Richmond home, held him in handcuffs for hours and seized his phone, computers and other equipment. Megan Cassidy, SFChronicle.com, 31 Mar. 2020 Perhaps the most brazen took place in 1958, when two men sledgehammered the Fifth Avenue display windows in the middle of the night. James Barron, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2020 Should have done steel ball on window, *then* sledgehammer the door. Adam Lashinsky, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2019 This aluminum-block five is a beast, spinning out a lag-free 400 horsepower and sledgehammering 354 pound-feet of torque from 1700 rpm all the way to 5850 rpm. Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 26 Jan. 2018 Also, remember that sidewalks aren’t that difficult or expensive to sledgehammer out and rebuild a few feet away. Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Jan. 2018 Historians have been trying to sledgehammer people into remembering these events. Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2017
Adjective
If coffee is a sledgehammer blow to the brain — admittedly sometimes useful — yaupon was more like a gentle neural stroking. Gabriel Popkin, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2022 And Sundwall said that, in retrospect, state health officials took a sledgehammer approach to mitigating the pandemic, such as school closings in 2020, when the state could have taken a more surgical tack. Bethany Rodgers, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Sep. 2021 The Academy Award winner quickly turned into a sledgehammer pro, getting involved in breaking through walls and ripping out fixtures. Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 9 July 2021 There’s no in between when the world’s best heavyweights start throwing sledgehammer punches. San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2021 Beside the sledgehammer threat of the PPP tax issue, several other emergency programs for small businesses are scheduled to expire at year-end unless Congress extends them. Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2020 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1834, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Adjective

1827, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sledgehammer was in the 15th century
BNC: 22246 COCA: 19255

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