Definition of crowbar
: an iron or steel bar that is usually wedge-shaped at the working end for use as a pry or lever
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Armed with a crowbar and a flashlight, Garlan is practically giddy with anticipation.
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Most recently, he was arrested in 2017 for taking a metal crowbar to a bunch of business windows.
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The ad posted on Facebook Monday night from Spike’s Tactical shows four men with bullet-proof vests and holding semi-automatic rifles, staring down a group of black-masked men raising fists and crowbars while fires rage in the background.
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According to the New York Times, Shaw had not been in jail long when a mob of about 150 people surrounded the jail wielding crowbars and hammers, trying to break in.
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Clark, 22, was killed Sunday after two officers, responding to a call about someone breaking windows with a crowbar, confronted him outside his grandmother's home.
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Trump and his allies, having declared a few of the bricks in the foundation to be wobbly (perhaps after some handiwork with a crowbar), have declared that the entire structure must lamentably be torn down.
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In February, Haslam threatened her victim with a crowbar, according to the Sacramento Valley Crime Stoppers.
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The resident, who lives in the 1100 block of W. Walker St., heard a noise near the garage about 2:40 p.m. and discovered someone trying to pry open the garage door with a crowbar, said Sgt.
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First Known Use of crowbar
1748
CROWBAR Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of crowbar for English Language Learners
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: a metal bar that has a thin flat edge at one end and is used to open or lift things
CROWBAR Defined for Kids
Definition of crowbar for Students
: a metal bar used as a lever (as for prying things apart)
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