: 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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Oversized crowbars bend wood for a piano’s rim.
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Joel Williams, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
Beyond the prison sentence, Roske must also forfeit the items seized from her luggage, which also included a thermal imaging monocular, tactical gloves and a crowbar and pay a standard $100 special assessment fee.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 3 Oct. 2025
Authorities contend that the activists ransacked the interior of the building — including damaging door frames and furniture and splattering fake blood — and were found carrying tools including an electric grinder, hammers, crowbars and chisels.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 2 Oct. 2025
This is the kind of guy who kicks down a door and busts somebody’s kidney with a crowbar.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 1 Oct. 2025
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Joel Williams, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
Beyond the prison sentence, Roske must also forfeit the items seized from her luggage, which also included a thermal imaging monocular, tactical gloves and a crowbar and pay a standard $100 special assessment fee.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 3 Oct. 2025
Authorities contend that the activists ransacked the interior of the building — including damaging door frames and furniture and splattering fake blood — and were found carrying tools including an electric grinder, hammers, crowbars and chisels.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 2 Oct. 2025
This is the kind of guy who kicks down a door and busts somebody’s kidney with a crowbar.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Crowbar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crowbar. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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crowbar
noun
crow·bar
ˈkrō-ˌbär 
: a metal bar used as a lever or pry
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