: an iron or steel bar that is usually wedge-shaped at the working end for use as a pry or lever
crowbar
transitive verb
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Advertisement The group was proscribed as a terrorist group under the 2000 Terrorism Act by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper on July 5, after members of the group broke into a Royal Air Force base in Oxfordshire on June 20, spray painting two Voyager jets and damaging them with crowbars.
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Richard Hall, Time, 9 Aug. 2025
The activists sprayed red paint into the engines of two tanker planes at the RAF Brize Norton base in Oxfordshire and caused further damage with crowbars.
—Danica Kirka, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2025
The ban followed an incident on June 20 when activists broke into RAF Brize Norton base in Oxfordshire, spraying red paint into the engines of two tanker planes and causing additional damage with crowbars as a protest against British military support for Israel.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Aug. 2025
Onlookers took pictures as crews picked at the building with power tools, crowbars and shovels before a crane was used to break chunks of the building.
—Chevall Pryce, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2025
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Richard Hall, Time, 9 Aug. 2025
The activists sprayed red paint into the engines of two tanker planes at the RAF Brize Norton base in Oxfordshire and caused further damage with crowbars.
—Danica Kirka, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2025
The ban followed an incident on June 20 when activists broke into RAF Brize Norton base in Oxfordshire, spraying red paint into the engines of two tanker planes and causing additional damage with crowbars as a protest against British military support for Israel.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Aug. 2025
Onlookers took pictures as crews picked at the building with power tools, crowbars and shovels before a crane was used to break chunks of the building.
—Chevall Pryce, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2025
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crowbar
noun
crow·bar
ˈkrō-ˌbär 
: a metal bar used as a lever or pry
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