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Word: Sledgehammer
Speech Type: Noun
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈslɛdʒˌhamə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a large, heavy hammer used for such jobs as breaking rocks and driving in fence posts.
Short Definition:large, heavy hammer used for such jobs as breaking rocks and driving in fence posts
Word: Sledgehammer
Speech Type: Verb
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈslɛdʒˌhamə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
hit with a sledgehammer
Short Definition:hit with sledgehammer
Examples:- the jailhouse door was sledgehammered
- he sledgehammers obduracy with scholarship and invective
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