sledgehammer

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Compound of sledge + hammer.

She could not have knocked Rickfield over any harder with a sledgehammer. — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau
At the moment the blaster raised a sledgehammer, the door opened suddenly. — The Wandering Jew — Complete, Eugène Sue
The high leather boots and the hand that still gripped the handle of the sledgehammer were the only remains of the man. — The best short stories of 1920, and the yearbook of the American short story, Unknown

maul, sledge

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