crowbarred

Opened with leverage

Crowbarred means forced open or pried apart using a crowbar—a heavy metal bar with a flattened end used for leverage: Someone had crowbarred the back door.

Figuratively, it describes anything forced into place awkwardly or with effort: The writer crowbarred a romance subplot into the thriller.

entry

pry

Lever or snoop

burglary · intrusion · trespass · intruder · robbery · vandalism · ransack · leverage · breach · smash

leverage

pry

Lever or snoop

unstick · shift · extract · hoist · elevate · maneuver · lift · wrench · prize · pop

insertion

shoehorn

Heel insertion aid

  • squeezeFirm bilateral compression
  • cramForce into tight space
  • wedgeTapered splitting tool

force · inject · insert · interject · interpolate · intrude · awkward · contrived · ham-fisted · clumsy

Opposites
method of entry/opening

crowbarredunlocked

Not fastened shut

let in · picked · unlatched · admitted · unsealed

manner of insertion/fitting

crowbarredintegrated

Combined into a whole

blended in · slipped in · nestled · belonged

force and finesse

crowbarredfinessed

Managed with delicate skill

coaxed · nudged

Family

crowbarring

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG