sledgehammer

[ slej-ham-er ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

crudely or ruthlessly forceful; lacking all dexterity or grace:
the artist's sledgehammer approach.

sledgehammer

/ ˈslɛdʒˌhæmə /

a large heavy hammer with a long handle used with both hands for heavy work such as forging iron, breaking rocks, etc
modifier resembling the action of a sledgehammer in power, ruthlessness, etc
a sledgehammer blow

First recorded in 1485–95; sledge ² + hammer

C15 sledge, from Old English slecg a large hammer; related to Old Norse sleggja, Middle Dutch slegge

I remember seeing that scene with the sledgehammer and being pretty shocked when I was younger.

On Thursday Sledgehammer games released a teaser for the “new era” of Call of Duty, which is set for release this November.

Democrats, until this week wholly on the defensive, have now been handed a huge sledgehammer.

And not only has France failed to mend, it has picked up a sledgehammer.

Ugh, that scene where she puts the block of wood in between his ankles and just smashes them with a sledgehammer … Ugh.

One was the presence of a German shepherd dog in the laboratory, its head crushed as if with a sledgehammer.

Dark, and shining like wet rubber, the shape resembled nothing so much as that of a great, double-headed sledgehammer.

For myself, though I received only a backhanded blow on the chest, I staggered as if I had been struck with a sledgehammer.

Not one of his sledgehammer smashes reached their mark, and the round closed without a blow having landed.

Up went a sledgehammer hand, coated with red hair, to scratch the heavy jowl contemplatively, and Max thought of a gorilla.

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