hammered
Americanadjective
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shaped, formed, or ornamented by a metalworker's hammer.
a hammered bowl of brass; hammered gold.
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Slang. extremely intoxicated from alcoholic liquor or a drug.
On the weekends we usually get hammered.
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Buttler won it in the following over, clubbing 18 from four Malinga deliveries, with two maximums hammered over the leg side.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Markey, though, hammered the issues where they did diverge—including the debate over transgender rights.
From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2026
The instability that hammered the South Korean equity market in July was unlike anything investors in that market had ever seen before.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 30, 2026
Unable to export their oil products and stuck with price caps that have hammered margins at home, Chinese refineries started to cut runs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
They knew we’d get thirsty, even though the rain hammered our shirts to our backs and chilled us right through the skin, and being thirsty ever again seemed out of the question.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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