sledgehammering Synonyms
Strongest:
- braining
- flailing
- cudgelling
- spearing
- thrashing
- whipping
- cudgeling
- sapping
- conking
- bumping
- clubbing
- pushing
- kicking
- switching
- flogging
- stabbing
- slashing
- jabbing
- lashing
- sledging
- caning
Strong:
- pummelling
- slapping
- felling
- hammering
- bowling-down-or-over-
- flooring
- knocking-down
- bunting
- jostling
- mauling
- peppering
- scuffing
- tapping
- slamming
- dumping
- chopping
- beaning
- levelling
- banging
- decking
- battering
- prodding
- kneeing
- leveling
- flicking
- shoving
- stroking
- skulling
- butting
- sucker-punching
- creaming
- thumping
- thwacking
- smacking
- bludgeoning
- rabbit-punching
- whacking
- stamping
- poking
- pummeling
- mangling
Weak:
- clobbering
- belting
- clocking
- socking
- swatting
- biffing
- pommelling
- tagging
- clipping
- buffeting
- pommeling
- batting
- whaling
- bashing
- licking
- cuffing
- smiting
- swiping
- pelting
- bunging
- bonking
- nailing
- hitting
- zapping
- clouting
- rapping
- cracking
- walloping
- bobbing
- lacing
- lambasting
- pounding
- clapping
- busting
- boxing
- bopping
- roughing
- striking
- punching
- slogging
- drubbing
- slugging
- knocking
- pasting
- beating
sledgehammering Meaning
sledgehammering
a large heavy hammer usually used with both hands, a large heavy hammer that is wielded with both hands, to strike with or as if with a sledgehammer, marked by directness or strong force, marked by heavy-handed directness or hard-hitting force, to strike blows with or as if with a sledgehammer, something that resembles a sledgehammer in action
sledgehammering Sentence Examples
- The hammer struck the nail with a sledgehammering force, sending it deeply into the wood.
- The construction crew used a sledgehammer to smash through the concrete wall.
- The athlete sledgehammered the heavy weight, sending shockwaves through her body.
- The boxer sledgehammered his opponent with a series of powerful punches.
- The earthquake sledgehammered the buildings, reducing them to rubble.
- The storm's torrential rain sledgehammered the roof, threatening to collapse it.
- The arguments sledgehammered their relationship, leaving it irrevocably damaged.
- The politician's words sledgehammered the opposition, leaving them unable to respond.
- The sledgehammering of the metal anvil caused the ground to tremble and the windows to rattle.
- The writer sledgehammered the reader with a barrage of emotional and thought-provoking ideas.
FAQs About the word sledgehammering
a large heavy hammer usually used with both hands, a large heavy hammer that is wielded with both hands, to strike with or as if with a sledgehammer, marked by
braining, flailing, cudgelling, spearing, thrashing, whipping, cudgeling, sapping, conking, bumping
No antonyms found.
The hammer struck the nail with a sledgehammering force, sending it deeply into the wood.
The construction crew used a sledgehammer to smash through the concrete wall.
The athlete sledgehammered the heavy weight, sending shockwaves through her body.
The boxer sledgehammered his opponent with a series of powerful punches.
