[1] : WordNet (r) 2.0

sledgehammer
     n : a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges
         syn: maul, sledge
     v : beat with a sledgehammer syn: sledge
see also:
maul sledge 

[2] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

33 moby thesaurus words for "sledgehammer":
   bang, baste, batter, beat, buffet, bulldozer, coercive, drub,
   flail, flap, forcible, hammer, knock, lambaste, larrup, maul,
   paste, patter, pelt, pommel, pound, pulverize, pummel, rap, spank,
   steamroller, strong-arm, thrash, thresh, thump, violent, wallop,
   whip

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