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Recent Examples of hammer from the Web
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There are still times when the depression hammers down and months vanish out from under me, when the suicidal ideation returns.
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The inmates used hammers and scissors in their attacks on staff, according to OSHA, which has proposed a $7,000 fine.
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The 13-year-old ran out of the house, leaving behind the hammer and a bag, the complaint said.
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The sounds of hammers and nail guns wielded by construction crews mingle with the squawking of seagulls.
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Things begin with the men's hammer and women's discus at 11:30 a.m. Action on the track starts at 2 p.m. The Pepsi is intriguing for several reasons.
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Reeb says Conditt was in the process of gutting the house and remodeling it, which meant a lot of hammers and nails around frequently.
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There's still plenty more to go, said Superintendent Nick Polyak, advising community members not to pass up the cookies from the school home economic department, molded in the shapes of hammers and saws.
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After hiding behind a couch for some time, Targo allegedly attacked Miceli’s mother in the kitchen, striking her in the head with the hammer and seriously injuring her.
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Definition of hammer
- the lectures all hammered away at the same points
- hammered the ball over the fence
- tried to hammer me into submission
Examples of hammer in a Sentence
He hammered the dent out of the fender.
The carpenters were hammering all afternoon.
The workers are hammering the studs to the frame.
The batter hammered the ball over the fence.
Someone tried to hammer him over the head with a club.
Many towns were hammered by the hurricane.
The typist's fingers were hammering the keys.
He was hammering at the door.
The rain hammered down on the roof.
The home team was hammered 9–0.
Recent Examples of hammer from the Web
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Eyre hammered away at a problem (in this case, drug wholesalers dumping millions of painkillers on small towns in West Virginia) until the nation took notice.
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Asos hammered satin one-shoulder maxi dress, $76; asos.com Get Kelly’s Look for Less Buy It!
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Trump, during the primary, hammered Bush over that characterization.
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In the year following Trump’s victory, public interest advocates hammered Cambridge Analytica over its data practices, and other publications, particularly The Intercept, dug into its practices.
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By contrast, Lamb hammered the new GOP tax law as a giveaway to corporations at the certain future expense of Social Security, Medicare and the nation's fiscal security.
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But price cutting by competitors and tepid demand for items like basketball shoes have hammered the stock and put pressure on profit margins.
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Nearly a quarter of a million people were still without power on Monday afternoon after a ferocious Nor’easter hammered the East Coast — and many residents were bracing for round two with a second storm forecast to roll into the region late Tuesday.
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Northwest Nazarene hammered the Seawolves 104-78 to forge a first-place tie with UAA in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference standings.
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First Known Use of hammer
14th century
hammer Synonyms
Synonyms
bang, bash, bat, belt, bludgeon, bob, bonk, bop, box, bust, clap, clip, clobber, clock, clout, crack, hit, knock, nail, paste, pound, punch, rap, slam, slap, slog, slug, smack, smite, sock, strike, swat, swipe, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, whale, zap;
Related Words
batter, beat, buffet, bung, chop, cuff, drub, lace, lambaste (or lambast), lick, mangle, maul, pelt, pepper, pommel, pummel, rough;
bump, butt, jab, jostle, kick, knee, poke, prod, push, shove, stamp;
bowl (down or over), cream, deck, fell, floor, knock down, level;
cane, club, cudgel, flail, flog, lash, sap, slash, sledge, sledgehammer, spear, stab, switch, thrash, whip;
Phrases
hang one on;
HAMMER Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of hammer for English Language Learners
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: a tool that has a heavy metal head attached to a handle and that is used for hitting nails or breaking things apart
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: a similar tool made usually of wood and used especially for hitting a surface to make a loud noise
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: the part of a gun that strikes a charge causing the gun to shoot
hammer
Definition of hammer for English Language Learners
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: to force (something) into a particular place or shape by hitting it with a hammer
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: to attach (something) with a hammer and nails
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: to hit (something or someone) in a very forceful way
HAMMER Defined for Kids
Definition of hammer for Students
- an auctioneer's hammer
Definition of hammer for Students
- Hammer the lid shut.
- She hammered on the door.
- His heart hammered.
- “They hammered out those rules after the failure ten years ago.”
- —Lois Lowry, The Giver
Medical Dictionary
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