Sledgehammer

Noun

 * 1) 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

 * 1) To strike with a sledgehammer.

Thesaurus
bang, baste, batter, beat, buffet, bulldozer, coercive, drub, flail, flap, forcible, hammer, knock, lambaste, larrup, maul, paste, patter, pelt, pommel, pound, pulverize, pummel, rap, spank, steamroller, strong-arm, thrash, thresh, thump, violent, wallop, whip

Alternative forms

 * sledge-hammer

Noun

 * Chinese: 大錘, 大锤
 * Crimean Tatar: toqmaq (in the northern dialect also şoqmar)
 * Croatian: malj
 * Danish: forhammer
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: marteau de forgeron, masse
 * German: Vorschlaghammer (1), Sledgehammer
 * Greek: βαρειά
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: palu godam


 * Italian:
 * Korean: 대형 쇠망치
 * Macedonian: токмак
 * Maltese:
 * Norwegian: sleggje
 * Portuguese: marreta
 * Russian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: slägga