Sledgehammer (Verb)
Meaning
Beat with a sledgehammer.
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- He took a sledgehammer to the old piano to smash it up for scrap metal.
- They had to sledgehammer through the concrete floor to access the pipe.
- The riot police watched as an individual tried to sledgehammer the ATM to break it open.
- To free the stuck tire, he had to grab a heavy tool and essentially sledgehammer the rusty bolts loose.
- Overwhelmed with anger, she grabbed a sledgehammer and went to town on the old crate.