Synonyms of sledgehammers

sledgehammers 1 of 2

noun

plural of sledgehammer

as in mallets

a large, heavy hammer with a long handle

broke up the concrete using a sledgehammer

Related Words

• mallets
• hammers
• batons
• canes
• beetles
• mauls
• bats
• gavels
• birches
• cudgels
• truncheons
• bludgeons
• nightsticks
• rods
• shillelaghs
• staffs
• maces
• billies
• billy clubs
• hickories
• staves
• saps
• crooks
• bastinadoes
• waddies
• clubs
• knobkerries
• rungs
• blackjacks
• rattans
• switches
• walking sticks
• crosiers
• crabsticks
• whangees

sledgehammers

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of sledgehammer

as in cudgels

Related Words

• cudgels
• spears
• clubs
• stabs
• sledges
• canes
• whips
• flails
• slashes
• saps
• brains
• switches
• skulls
• lashes
• flogs
• thrashes
• beans
• conks
• knees
• decks
• floors
• jabs
• creams
• butts
• kicks
• sucker punches
• bowls (down or over)
• taps
• levels
• shoves
• pushes
• stamps
• prods
• knocks down
• bumps
• dumps
• hammers
• jostles
• rabbit-punches
• pokes
• flicks
• fells
• strokes
• chops
• mauls
• boxes
• licks
• bunts
• bludgeons
• pummels
• nails
• cuffs
• socks
• whacks
• clocks
• clips
• belts
• hits
• mangles
• scuffs
• thwacks
• slaps
• smacks
• peppers
• batters
• claps
• pelts
• punches
• bats
• thumps
• clouts
• knocks
• pounds
• tags
• slugs
• biffs
• buffets
• roughs
• slams
• drubs
• swipes
• zaps
• bops
• raps
• swats
• bobs
• smites
• clobbers
• bashes
• bangs
• wallops
• laces
• pastes
• lambastes
• pommels
• whales
• cracks
• strikes
• bonks
• busts
• beats
• bungs
• slogs

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sledgehammers

Noun

Five offenders entered a Green Oaks business early Wednesday and used crowbars and sledgehammers to break into gaming machines, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office. — Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026

The Lalique Museum in Wingen-sur-Moder, further east near France's border with Germany, has not reopened since the July 5 theft of jewelry there from six display cases busted open with sledgehammers and hammers. — ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026

Officials said the clerk inside the business said five people wearing masks and gloves used sledgehammers and crowbars to break into six gaming machines. — Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026

However, according to the report, violence is increasing in museum thefts, with thieves using instruments such as dynamite, guns, and sledgehammers to gain access to treasures and deter employees from interfering. — News Desk, Artforum, 24 Aug. 2026

Tools and tool parts, including wrenches, chainsaw blades, rakes and sledgehammers also appear, along with electronics like smartphones, television cameras, radar apparatuses, video monitors and parts for manufacturing electronics. — Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Investigators on Monday were asking the public to help find masked suspects who used sledgehammers to smash display cases and steal more than $200,000 worth of jewelry at a store in Yuba City’s mall. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Venezuelan rescuers often relied on sledgehammers, pickaxes and shovels because hydraulic rescue equipment and heavy machinery were unavailable. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026

Workers use sledgehammers to pound stakes for the big top, then toss the sledgehammers to each other in a sort of juggling routine. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2026