crowbar

noun

crow·bar ˈkrō-ˌbär

: an iron or steel bar that is usually wedge-shaped at the working end for use as a pry or lever

crowbar transitive verb

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The thieves are then seen using a crowbar to force open the glass door before entering the store and then chaining the machine to the car to pull it out. —

Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024 Todd’s most famous storyline comes in Batman: A Death in the Family (1988), in which the Joker brutally beats him with a crowbar and leaves him to die in an explosion. —

Sophie Hanson, StyleCaster, 20 Sep. 2024 Upon arrival, police and animal control kicked down her door, prodded and hit the snake with a crowbar to move it away from Arunroj and release her from its grip. —

Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2024 Officers quickly found and arrested a man wearing latex gloves — apparently to avoid leaving fingerprints — and lugging a backpack jammed with a loaded handgun, a large knife, handcuffs, duct tape, some rope, masks, a hammer, and a crowbar. —

Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 5 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for crowbar