: 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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The decision came into effect 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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Callum Sutherland, Time, 5 Aug. 2025
Bayley was nearly goaded into hitting Valkyria with the crowbar.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Lyra saw Lynch’s kendo stick and raised her with a crowbar.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2025
The crooks used a crowbar to break the front glass door of the Playersclub NY clothing store around 4:37 a.m.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 9 July 2025
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Callum Sutherland, Time, 5 Aug. 2025
Bayley was nearly goaded into hitting Valkyria with the crowbar.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Lyra saw Lynch’s kendo stick and raised her with a crowbar.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2025
The crooks used a crowbar to break the front glass door of the Playersclub NY clothing store around 4:37 a.m.
—Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 9 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for crowbar
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“Crowbar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crowbar. Accessed 19 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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