: 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.
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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
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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
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“Crowbar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crowbar. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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crowbar
noun
crow·bar
ˈkrō-ˌbär 
: a metal bar used as a lever or pry
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