sledge

verb

Definition of sledgenext
as in to spear

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sledge
  1. spear
  2. cane
  3. cudgel
  4. lash
  5. club
  6. sledgehammer
  7. stab
  8. whip
Verb
  • The Lac du Flambeau tribe gets its name from French explorers who observed tribal harvesters spearing at night with the use of torches.
    Frank Vaisvilas, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
  • But when the waters receded, the fish likely became trapped in the ponds, where hunter-gatherers could have easily speared them.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of spear
Verb
  • Prune the second-year, woody canes off summer-bearing raspberries once a year after the plants fruit.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 July 2024
  • In the nearly 250 years since its founding, the United States has witnessed its fair share of political violence, from four presidential assassinations to an 1856 caning on the Senate floor to a 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol that left at least five dead.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2024
Definition of cane
Verb
  • Hitler exploited his 37% to gridlock legislative processes, to cudgel or crush the political opposition, and ultimately to undermine the country’s democratic structures.
    Timothy Ryback, TIME, 26 Apr. 2024
  • Before long, fairs had such attractions as cudgelling bouts, bearbaiting, and something called gouging.
    Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2023
Definition of cudgel
Verb
  • But right now, the Chargers might be lashed to a log, helplessly bobbing toward a Buffalo buzz saw.
    Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
  • While some destinations in Spain have lashed out against tourism recently, notably the Balearic and Canary Islands, Barcelona, and Málaga, foreign residents don’t report feeling discriminated against.
    Kathleen Peddicord, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of lash
Verb
  • What does one wear in Las Vegas, i.e. the clubbing capital of the world?
    Willow Lindley, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Projection model ranks contenders in wild NFC West Watch F1 while clubbing?
    New York Times, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of club
Verb
  • The folks in attendance Monday at the century-old building on St. Paul’s Payne Avenue included Mayor Melvin Carter and Gov. Tim Walz, who took turns sledgehammering holes in the drywall to kick off a $10 million, top-to-bottom reinvention.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The move means the 7-foot Kiwi will be under contract for the next three seasons and signals that at a time when the game is becoming increasingly perimeter-oriented, the Pelicans will try to sledgehammer their way to wins.
    Christian Clark, NOLA.com, 24 Nov. 2020
Definition of sledgehammer
Verb
  • The episode was recorded in November at the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women, where Mangum is serving time after being convicted of second-degree murder for stabbing her boyfriend in April 2011.
    Jenna West, The Athletic, 14 Dec. 2024
  • The crook stabbed 32-year-old Aurelio Mendez in the chest at Fordham Fruit and Vegetables on Creston Ave.
    Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of stab
Verb
  • Unusually fierce December winds whipping across the Île de la Cité, flanked by the River Seine, forced all the events inside.
    Thomas Adamson and John Leicester, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
  • As the wind can really whip between buildings in the winter, a thick wool coat like this Cole Haan trench coat now 38 percent off, will keep you warm while walking.
    Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of whip
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