sledgehammer

IPA: sɫˈɛdʒhæmɝ

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.

Examples of "sledgehammer" in Sentences

A sledgehammer for a thumb tack.
It's a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
I even tried it with a sledgehammer.
She said education's a sledgehammer.
I'll be the one carrying the sledgehammer.
Regarding the alabama sledgehammer stuff...
It's like using a sledgehammer on a thumbtack.
The block button is a sledgehammer, not a feather.
No point in pounding this nail in with a sledgehammer.
Let us keep the sledgehammer in the shed for the moment.
As for leisure activities, a few old weights and a sledgehammer is the gym.
COOPER (voice-over): As for leisure activities, a few old weights and a sledgehammer is the gym.
The high leather boots and the hand that still gripped the handle of the sledgehammer were the only remains of the man.
Then, Orton, in a fit of evil rage, ran under the ring and grabbed a sledgehammer, which is usually Triple H's weapon of choice.
In Florence, Italy, a sledgehammer was the likely cause of destruction for a speed camera on the Florence-Pisa-Leghorn expressway.
In January it emerged that the plan - codenamed "sledgehammer" - had been hatched at the highest levels of the military to plant bombs to destabilise the government.