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mallet collapse: a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing; a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike percussion instruments; a sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball

pummel collapse: strike, usually with the fist; "The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators"

pommel collapse: handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle; a handgrip that a gymnast uses when performing exercises on a pommel horse

flail collapse: an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing; move like a flail; thresh about; "Her arms were flailing"

spank collapse: a slap with the flat of the hand; give a spanking to; subject to a spanking

baste collapse: loose temporary stitches; cover with liquid before cooking; "baste a roast"; sew together loosely, with large stitches; "baste a hem"

steamroller collapse: vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements; overwhelm by using great force; "steamroller the opposition"; crush with a steamroller as if to level; "steamroller the road"; proceed with great force; "The new teacher tends to steamroller"; bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure; "The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat"

thrash collapse: a swimming kick used while treading water; give a thrashing to; beat hard; beat the seeds out of a grain; move data into and out of core rather than performing useful computation; "The system is thrashing again!"; beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all

maul collapse: a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges; injure badly by beating; split (wood) with a maul and wedges

forcible collapse: impelled by physical force especially against resistance; "forcible entry"; "a real cop would get physical"; "strong-arm tactics"

wallop collapse: a severe blow; defeat soundly and utterly; "We'll wallop them!"

thump collapse: a heavy blow with the hand; a heavy dull sound (as made by impact of heavy objects); hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"

hammer collapse: the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway"; a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking; a power tool for drilling rocks; a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate; the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled; a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw; beat with or as if with a hammer; "hammer the metal flat"

batter collapse: a flour mixture thin enough to pour or drop from a spoon; (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting

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