1
as in to draw
to shape with a hammer
medieval artisans hammered brass into various bowls and trays, which they then embossed with elaborate designs
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2
as in to hit
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
hammer a nail hammered the ball for a home run
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3
as in to pound
to strike repeatedly
tried hammering the door to wake them up the crops were hammered with hail
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4
as in to scold
to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings
the critics have long been hammering the stage actress for resorting to the same mixed bag of mannerisms over and over
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as in sledgehammer
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Recent Examples of hammer
Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Blount then struck Rothschild in the head 13 times with a hammer and grabbed her tote bag before fleeing the scene, according to the prosecutor’s office.
—Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 10 July 2025
Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
The billionaire later deleted and apologized for those posts but has continued to hammer the administration for failing to prosecute anyone connected to Epstein besides Ghislaine Maxwell.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2025
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Verb
In one video, it’s also seen opening bottles of Coke, frying food in a pan, operating a hammer and soldering iron, and folding itself up into a package small enough to be carried.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Blount then struck Rothschild in the head 13 times with a hammer and grabbed her tote bag before fleeing the scene, according to the prosecutor’s office.
—Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 10 July 2025
Noun
Shortly after the All-Star break, Suárez hammered two home runs in back-to-back games, bringing his season total to 35.
—Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
The billionaire later deleted and apologized for those posts but has continued to hammer the administration for failing to prosecute anyone connected to Epstein besides Ghislaine Maxwell.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hammer
Verb
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Groundwater pumping is another option to draw water up from underground aquifers to meet demand.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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The point, clearly, was to draw as much attention as possible.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
17 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Gordon, hitting holes hard with his physical running style, sparked the run game in the second half.—
David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Aug. 2025
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Produced by Universal Pictures, Nobody 2 is the sequel to the 2021 action comedy hit Nobody.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Get aligned and intentional before pounding the keyboard.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Although Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not said when troops would enter Gaza City, his country’s forces have continued to pound the area, killing dozens in recent days.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
13 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Some have also scolded Colossal for tinkering with genetics, but the tech firm insists its work will aid in the conservation and protection of endangered species.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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With the camel’s back broken, Dorothy Scott, summoning all her righteous indignation (and channeled with maybe one-third of Audra McDonald’s extraordinary talent, which is still enough to power the city of Manhattan), lets the snobby scold have it.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
11 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Mayor Michelle Wu gleefully took a sledgehammer to the walls of an eight-story South Boston building to break ground on the city’s largest office-to-residential conversion project to date, accounting for 77 of the 141 such units under construction.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
17 July 2025
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Blunt instrument The Supreme Court’s new test, with its implicit suggestion that coercion is found in exposure to materials that go against central tenets of parental religion, is more sledgehammer than scalpel.—
Stephen L. Carter,
Mercury News,
8 July 2025
Verb
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Holt also embraced telemedicine and other technological tools to improve patient experience throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, forging a path for bettering patient care in the digital age.—
Grace Tucker,
The Enquirer,
7 Aug. 2025
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Alexia has done it the right way, by putting in her time, forging bonds with all the women, and bringing more storylines than a decade’s worth of telenovelas.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
7 Aug. 2025
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The Phillies have not made any announcement on the severity of his injury but losing him could knock the defending NL East champs out of the playoffs early.—
Dan Schlossberg,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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To get rid of pests, start by spraying a strong stream of water on the plant to knock them off.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
18 Aug. 2025
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When Sunday ended, supremacy was restored – the Dodgers were back in first place in the NL West, and the Padres were licking their wounds, wondering what just happened.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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The little girl licks butter off a spoon, gets a bottle full of bone broth and uses her four teeth to gum ribeye steak.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Hammer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hammer. Accessed 23 Aug. 2025.
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