buzz saw

noun

plural buzz saws

Definition of buzz saw

1 : a power saw with a circular cutting blade : circular saw

2 : someone or something that presents overwhelming opposition The Buckeyes have been a buzz saw …, winning by an average of 47.7 points in a 4-0 start.— Tom Dienhart —usually used in the phrase run/walk into a buzz saw … the organizers ran into a buzz saw of complaints about many of its proposed venues, which had not been vetted with some of the landlords or the public.— Katharine Q. SeelyeThey ran into a buzz saw Saturday night against … Kentucky, a loss that likely means a new No. 1 on Monday.— John MarshallNever before has a president asked a Supreme Court nominee to walk into a political buzz saw quite like this.— Susan Davis

Examples of buzz saw in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The family-friendly, controversy-averse Walt Disney Co. has walked into the buzz saw of the American culture wars, version 2022. — Thomas Doherty, Chron, 10 May 2022 The family-friendly, controversy-averse Walt Disney Co. has walked into the buzz saw of the American culture wars, version 2022. — Thomas Doherty, Chron, 10 May 2022 The quick rise of Duke’s program is one of college softball’s recent success stories, but the Blue Devils are running into a buzz saw. — Usa Today Sports Network, USA TODAY, 25 May 2022 The family-friendly, controversy-averse Walt Disney Co. has walked into the buzz saw of the American culture wars, version 2022. — Thomas Doherty, Chron, 10 May 2022 The family-friendly, controversy-averse Walt Disney Co. has walked into the buzz saw of the American culture wars, version 2022. — Thomas Doherty, Chron, 10 May 2022 The family-friendly, controversy-averse Walt Disney Co. has walked into the buzz saw of the American culture wars, version 2022. — Thomas Doherty, The Conversation, 9 May 2022 The rivals — along with the Boston Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays — will be duking it out all season in a buzz saw of a division in which three teams reached the playoffs last year. — New York Times, 12 Apr. 2022 The Florence girls ran headfirst into a buzz saw in the form of Hoover on Thursday morning. — Evan Dudley, al, 17 Feb. 2022 See More

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