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Sledgehammer vs Warhammer - What's the difference?

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sledgehammer

English

Alternative forms

* sledge-hammer

Noun

(en noun)
  • A hammer that consists of a large, heavy, broad and flat block of metal (the head) attached to a handle typically 0.5 meter to 1 meter long. The sledgehammer's design is meant to allow it to be swung powerfully, and to distribute force over a wide area upon impact.

    • Derived terms

    * use a sledgehammer to crack a nut

    See also

    * hammer * mallet * maul

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To strike with a sledgehammer.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 22, author=Jane And Michael Stern, title=Nirvana Express, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=She’s trying to piece together shards of precious pottery gleefully sledgehammered by a delegation led by the Taliban ’s minister of culture, who deemed the world’s greatest collection of Central Asian artifacts un-Islamic.}}

    warhammer

    Not English

    Warhammer has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

    English words similar to 'warhammer':

    warrener