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sledgehammering

sledgehammering is the present participle and gerund of sledgehammer.

Meaning of sledgehammer

Verb

sledgehammer (third-person singular simple present sledgehammers, present participle sledgehammering, simple past and past participle sledgehammered)

  1. (transitive) To strike (something) with a sledgehammer.
    • Some lawmakers were so incensed that they even invited the news media to watch the sledgehammering of the Japanese company's products on the Capitol's steps.1989 December 10, Clyde H. Farnsworth, “Japan's Loud Voice in Washington”, in The New York Times

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Questions about sledgehammering

What is sledgehammering the present participle and gerund of?
Sledgehammering is the present participle and gerund of sledgehammer.

Words near sledgehammering in the dictionary

  1. sledged
  2. sledgeful
  3. sledgefuls
  4. sledgehammer
  5. sledgehammered
  6. sledgehammering
  7. sledgehammers
  8. sledgeless
  9. sledgelike
  10. sledgeload
  11. sledgemeter

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