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
  • After the match, Rhodes and Owens brawled on a production crate, leading to Rhodes spearing Owens through a table.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Williams in the video appeared to have speared one of the flags with his machete, and waved it in the air attached to the end of his weapon.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 30 Oct. 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
  • Trump himself has lashed out at Newsom a number of times over the issue and has ignored a request from the governor to visit the area.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Spencer is appropriately freaked out and lashing out at just about everyone, though Bobby does offer him a potential suspect in Rafael Campos, the head of the Los Tigres cartel who is currently in prison thanks in part to Captain Spencer and Judge Powell.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2025
Definition of lash
Verb
  • Higher revenues clubbed with margin expansion and fewer shares resulted in the company’s bottom line of $21.17 now, up 54% from $13.77 in 2021.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Ryan Clifford and Ronny Mauricio. Clifford, 21, has clubbed 45 home runs in 269 career pro-ball games.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 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
  • Jarrells was stabbed to death by her sister Brianna Jarrells, prosecutors allege.
    Sean Neumann, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Anna-Lena Svensson, a 56-year-old woman who happened to witness the attack, tried to intervene but was also fatally stabbed.
    Isabella Wandermurem, TIME, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of stab
Verb
  • Elle was also seen whipping her hands in a circle to the music during the awards ceremony.
    Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
  • That led to an argument, and Little allegedly whipped out a knife, stabbing the victim twice in the chest, police said.
    Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of whip
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