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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That has hammered a number of previously high-flying companies that have hit multiple records this year, particularly those in South Korea and Japan.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Rushing hammered the grooved fastball to left-center field, just shy of the Citizens Bank Park concourse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Last year, for example, at his Miami waterfront estate, Witkoff hammered out a plan with Russia’s Dmitriev for $300 billion in joint Russia–U.S. investment projects—which would come to fruition after some possible future peace.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
All those videos of Dutch fans turning city blocks into bouncing orange waves or Scotland’s Tartan Army drinking Boston dry merely hammered the point home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
The water pulled her under again and hammered her with parts of the wall, the table, all the things they’d put up high to keep dry.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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