forearm smash

/ (ˈfɔːrˌɑːm) /

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noun

a blow like a punch delivered with the forearm in certain types of wrestling

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Words nearby forearm smash

fore-and-aft, fore-and-after, fore-and-aft rig, fore-and-aft sail, forearm, forearm smash, forebear, forebode, foreboding, forebody, forebrain

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How to use forearm smash in a sentence

Sid Vicious is stomping all over Steve Jones, about to smash in his guitar (again).
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A loose strand across my forearm in the morning, later one at my desk.
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At the end of the session, when we listened back to all we had laid down that day, I was sure I had a smash hit.
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Think sexual liberation, 1970s groups like the Gay Liberation Front, and slogans like “Smash the church/Smash the state.”
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Every aspiring DJ could smash and grab himself a mixer and some turntables.
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The moment the bait was touched, down would come the heavy timber—smash—on the tiger's head.
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“Confound it, no;” rejoined Mr. Simmery, stopping for an instant to smash a fly with the ruler.
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Towne made a fool of a girl I knowshe is married, though; it didnt smash her affections very deep; married rich, too.
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He was wounded in the left shoulder, forearm and right hand and had to have his left arm amputated the next day.
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Fortunately, however, it has escaped with only the loss of part of the right forearm and shoulder.
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