sledgehammering

verb

present participle of sledgehammer
as in stabbing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sledgehammering
  1. stabbing
  2. slashing
  3. flailing
  4. lashing
  5. sapping
  6. thrashing
  7. whipping
  8. spearing
Verb
  • Martinez Police Department A suspect accused of fatally stabbing a man outside a California residence during a burglary a day after being released from custody has been charged with murder, officials said.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Jurors heard a harrowing voicemail left by Johnson begging one of her friends for help as Williams butchered her, stabbing her five times in the chest and four times in her back.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of stabbing
Verb
  • Deputies said suspect Viviana Rocha carried out her alleged tire-slashing spree in the 5000 block of Verdugo Way on Wednesday morning.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • With ancient Greek tale The Odyssey still slashing its way to peak box office, the sword and sorcery age remains a potent genre for Hollywood.
    — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of slashing
Verb
  • Whining, crying, kicking, hitting, flailing, dropping to the floor, holding their breath, going limp, running away or throwing things are all part of the picture.
    — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Trump is merely flailing for options that might avoid the humiliation of losing the war or the risk of escalating beyond standoff strikes.
    — KORI SCHAKE, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of flailing
Verb
  • Lala weakened from a hurricane to a tropical storm Sunday after lashing the state without making landfall.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The eyewall was forecast to move over or near the island’s southern end by the evening, lashing its worst winds at volcanic slopes thousands of feet above sea level.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of lashing
Verb
  • None of these potentially confidence-sapping passages fazed Madjo.
    — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme heat in Europe, the world’s fastest-warming continent, straining power grids, sapping water supplies and curbing farm output.
    — Bloomberg, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of sapping
Verb
  • Within two weeks, later symptoms may include anxiety, confusion, agitation, hallucinations, being very thirsty but panicked by fluids, having lots of saliva and aggressive behavior like thrashing and biting.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Fatal Influence sprinted out to a lead by isolating their opponents and thrashing them on the outside.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of thrashing
Verb
  • He’s spent the last week whipping senators to support it and even enlisted former Alabama football coach Nick Saban to dial up undecided lawmakers, according to people familiar with the matter.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Battered cars with numbers sprayed on their sides are whipping around the dirt track of the Lebanon Valley Speedway, loose fenders flopping like overgrown bangs in the swirling dust.
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of whipping
Verb
  • Individual stakes for each plant should be installed before planting your dahlias to avoid spearing the tubers.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2026
  • His ideas are later used to discourage violently spearing food with a knife, and instead promote the pacifist chopstick.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 17 July 2026
Definition of spearing
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