noun. A long heavy hammer, often wielded with both hands, used for driving wedges and posts and for other heavy work.

transitive verb. To strike with or as if with a sledgehammer.

adjective. Ruthlessly severe; crushing.

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.

verb. To strike with a sledgehammer.

noun. a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges

verb. beat with a sledgehammer

"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."

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