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sledgehammer

POS

Noun, Verb (transitive)

HYPHEN

sledge=ham=mer

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun sledgehammer has 1 sense

sledgehammer(n = noun.artifact) maul, sledge - a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges;

is a kind of hammer

Derived form verb sledgehammer₁

Verb sledgehammer has 1 sense

sledgehammer(v = verb.contact) sledge - beat with a sledgehammer;

is one way to hammer

Derived form noun sledgehammer₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

sledgehammer, n.
1 a large heavy hammer used to break stone etc.
2 (attrib.) heavy or powerful (a sledgehammer blow).

Etymology

OE slecg, rel. to SLAY(1)

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THESAURUS

sledgehammer

bang, baste, batter, beat, buffet, bulldozer, coercive, drub, flail, flap, forcible, hammer, knock, lambaste, larrup, maul, paste, patter, pelt, pommel, pound, pulverize, pummel, rap, spank, steamroller, strong-arm, thrash, thresh, thump, violent, wallop, whip