sledgehammer
Rock-breaking tool
A sledgehammer is a large, heavy hammer swung with both hands, used for breaking concrete, driving stakes, or demolition work.
The head typically weighs ten to twenty pounds.
Figuratively, sledgehammer describes anything lacking subtlety or finesse: a sledgehammer approach to diplomacy.
As a verb, to sledgehammer is to strike or destroy with overwhelming force.
Metal-shaping block
- forgeFurnace for shaping metal
- furnaceEnclosed heat-producing structure
- strikingNoticeably impressive
- metalworkShaped metal objects
ironwork · shaping · flattening · bending · smithy · forging · tempering · workbench
Destroying completely
- smashingBritish slang for excellent
- breakingComing apart suddenly
- destructionAct of completely ruining
- razingComplete structural demolition
teardown · bulldozing · shattering · crushing · pulverizing · rubble · debris · concrete
Posts or wagers
- postsPublished online content
- drivingControlling a vehicle
- poundingForceful repeated striking
- framingStructural or contextual shaping
rebar · foundation · fencing · masonry · breaking · removal · jobsite · hardhat
Of great mass
- heftyConsiderable in weight
- massiveExtremely large and heavy
- ponderousAwkwardly heavy or slow
- cumbersomeAwkwardly heavy or bulky
weighty · solid · dense · unwieldy · burdensome · leaden · substantial · counterweight
Musical piece with words
- anthemOfficial song of praise
- rockSolid earthen material
- drumsStruck membrane instruments
- percussionSound through impact
beat · rhythm · pounding · driving · 1986 · Motown · horns · funk
Dull or tactlessly direct
- unsubtleLacking nuance or delicacy
- heavy-handedClumsy and oppressive
- brute-forcePower without finesse
- overwhelmingIntensely excessive in force
overkill · direct · crude · inelegant · unsophisticated · clumsy · tactless · bludgeoning
anvil
Metal-shaping block
metalwork · ironwork · shaping · flattening · bending · smithy · forging · tempering · workbench · tongs
wrecking
Destroying completely
- smashingBritish slang for excellent
- breakingComing apart suddenly
- destructionAct of completely ruining
razing · teardown · bulldozing · shattering · crushing · pulverizing · rubble · debris · concrete · drywall
stakes
Posts or wagers
framing · rebar · foundation · fencing · masonry · breaking · removal · jobsite · hardhat · swinging
heavy
Of great mass
cumbersome · weighty · solid · dense · unwieldy · burdensome · leaden · substantial · counterweight · momentum
song
Musical piece with words
percussion · beat · rhythm · pounding · driving · 1986 · Motown · horns · funk
blunt
Dull or tactlessly direct
- unsubtleLacking nuance or delicacy
- heavy-handedClumsy and oppressive
- brute-forcePower without finesse
overwhelming · overkill · direct · crude · inelegant · unsophisticated · clumsy · tactless · bludgeoning · approach
- striking toolshammers, rubber mallet, mallets, mallet, wooden mallet
- demolition toolswrecking ball, jackhammer, crowbar, pry bar, breaker
- metalworking toolsanvil, forge, tongs, bellows, crucible
- rescue toolsspreader, spreaders, jaws of life, pry bar, crowbar
- blacksmith toolstongs, hardy, fuller, swage, punch
- break-in toolscrowbar, lock pick set, bolt cutters, pry bar, glass cutter
sledgehammertack hammer
Small-headed nail driver
claw hammer · ball-peen hammer · mallet · chisel · scalpel
sledgehammerscalpel
Precise surgical knife
velvet glove · gentle touch · finesse · subtlety · surgical precision
- use a sledgehammer to crack a nutExcessive means for trivial ends