ADJ.
traditional, used
VERB + SLEDGEHAMMER
avoid, don't, head, isn't, like, need, use, using
SLEDGEHAMMER + NOUN
glass
PREP.
with
ADV.
anywhere
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
These were succeeded by anchor and chain-cable forges, where sledgehammers were dinging upon iron all day long.
verb
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.
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.
adj
Completely lacking grace and dexterity.
Promising new treatments avoid the sledgehammer approach of traditional chemotherapy in two key ways."
To use disproportionate or significantly excessive force to carry out an action; to do something overzealously.
This last mentioned consideration involves the concept in Community law (derived principally from German law) called "proportionality". In plain English it means "You must not use
These were succeeded by anchor and chain-cable forges, where sledgehammers were dinging upon iron all day long.
WiktionarySome 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.
WiktionaryShe’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
WiktionaryPromising new treatments avoid the sledgehammer approach of traditional chemotherapy in two key ways."
WiktionarySomething really should be done about the problem, but this is cracking a nut with a sledgehammer.
Tatoeba · #424581Don't crack a nut with a sledgehammer.
Tatoeba · #425193