Sledgehammer

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sledgehammer
       n : a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges
           [syn: {maul}, {sledge}]
       v : beat with a sledgehammer [syn: {sledge}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:



  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "sledgehammer":
     bang, baste, batter, beat, buffet, bulldozer, coercive, drub,
     flail, flap, forcible, hammer, knock, lambaste, larrup, maul,
     paste, patter, pelt, pommel, pound, pulverize, pummel, rap, spank,
     steamroller, strong-arm, thrash, thresh, thump, violent, wallop,
     whip