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==English==

===Etymology===
[[File:Vorschlaghammer.jpg|thumb|A sledgehammer.]]

{{com+|en|sledge|hammer|notext=1|type=endocentric}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈslɛd͡ʒhæmə/|a=RP}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈslɛd͡ʒhæmɚ/|a=GA}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-sledgehammer.ogg|a=GA}}
* {{hyphenation|en|sledge|ham|mer}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# A [[hammer]] that consists of a large, heavy, broad and flat block of metal (the [[head]]) attached to a [[handle]] typically 0.5 meter to 1 meter long. The sledgehammer's design is meant to allow it to be swung powerfully, and to distribute force over a wide area upon [[impact]].
#* {{RQ:Dickens Dombey and Son|passage=These were succeeded by anchor and chain-cable forges, where '''sledgehammers''' were dinging upon iron all day long.}}

====Alternative forms====
* {{alt|en|sledge-hammer}}

====Coordinate terms====
* {{l|en|mallet}}
* {{l|en|maul}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|en|use a sledgehammer to crack a nut}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|forehammer}}
* {{l|en|hammer}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|kind of hammer}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|vare|m}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|مِرْزَبَّة|f}}, {{t|ar|إِرْزَبَّة|f}} {{q|archaic}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|կռան}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|gürz}}, {{t|az|kumpul}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|кува́лда|f}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|вари́я|f}}, {{t|bg|[[кова́шки]] [[чук]]|m}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|တူမ}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|picassa|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|大錘|tr=dàchuí}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{t|crh|toqmaq}}, {{q|northern dialect}} {{t|crh|şoqmar}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|perlík|m}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|forhammer|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|voorhamer|m}}, {{t|nl|beukhamer|m}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|sepavasar}}, {{t|et|suurvasar}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|leka}}, {{t+|fi|moukari}}
* French: {{t|fr|marteau de forgeron|m}}, {{t+|fr|masse|f}}, {{t+|fr|marteau|m}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|marra|f}}, {{t+|gl|mallo|m}}, {{t|gl|mandarria|f}}
* Georgian: {{t+|ka|ურო}}
* German: {{t+|de|Vorschlaghammer|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|βαριά|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|קורנס|m|tr=kurnás|alt=קוּרְנָס \ קֻרְנָס}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|[[लोहार]] [[का]] [[हथौड़ा]]|m}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|martelego}}
* Indonesian: {{t|id|palu godam}}, {{t+|id|godam}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|mazza|f}}, {{t|it|martello da fabbro|m}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|[[大型]][[ハンマー]]|tr=おおがたハンマー, ōgata hanmā}}, {{t|ja|スレッジハンマー|tr=surejjihanmā}}, {{t|ja|大ハンマー|tr=おおハンマー, ōhanmā}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|зілбалға}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|ញញួរដំដែក}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|오함마}}, {{t|ko|슬레지해머}}, {{t|ko|큰해머}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|барскан}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ຄ້ອນທະເນີນ}}
* Latin: {{t|la|marcus|m}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|veseris|m}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|kūjis|m}} {{qualifier|hammer}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|токмак|m}}
* Malagasy: {{t+|mg|fampohaza}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|tukul besi}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|mazza|f}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|лантуу}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|bee atsidítsoh}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|marté à deux mains|m}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|slegge|m|f}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|sleggje|f}}, {{t|nn|slegge|f}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|واریوس|tr=varyos}}, {{t|ota|پتك|tr=petk}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|پتک|tr=potk}}
* Plautdietsch: {{t|pdt|Schläaja|m}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|[[młot]] [[oburęczny]]|m}}, {{t|pl|[[młot]] [[kowalski]]|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|marreta|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|baros|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|кува́лда|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|то̀кмак|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|tòkmak|m}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|perlík|m}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|macola|f}}
* Somali: {{t|so|hadhso}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|almádena|f}}, {{t+|es|mandarria|f}}, {{t+|es|comba|f}} {{qualifier|South America}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|slägga|c}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|босқон}}
* Tarifit: {{t|rif|azduz|m}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ค้อนปอนด์}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|balyoz}}, {{t+|tr|madırga}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|кува́лда|f}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|مارْتَول|m|tr=mārtaul}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|bosqon}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|búa tạ}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|gordd|f}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|שמידהאַמער|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[strike#Verb|strike]] (something) with a [[sledgehammer#Noun|sledgehammer]].
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Clyde H. Farnsworth|title=Japan's Loud Voice in Washington|magazine=w:The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/10/business/japan-s-loud-voice-in-washington.html|date=10-12-1989|passage=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.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=22-02-2009|author=Jane And Michael Stern|title=Nirvana Express|work=w:The New York Times|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/books/review/Stern-t.html
|passage=She’s trying to piece together shards of precious pottery gleefully '''sledgehammered''' by a delegation led by the Taliban’s minister of culture, who deemed the world’s greatest collection of Central Asian artifacts un-Islamic.}}

===Adjective===
{{en-adjective}}

# Completely lacking grace and dexterity.
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=26 October 2015|author=Michael Boyer|title=Brave new world of cancer treatment revealed|work=The University of Sydney|url=https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2015/10/26/brave-new-world-of-cancer-treatment-revealed.html|passage=Promising new treatments avoid the '''sledgehammer''' approach of traditional chemotherapy in two key ways."}}

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