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hammer

verb as in strike forcefully

verb as in create

Strongest matches

Strong matches

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Seven people have gone on trial in Dresden, eastern Germany, charged with being members or supporters of a militant, criminal left-wing extremist group, Antifa Ost - also known as the "hammer gang".

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He and his colleagues track down film footage and photos, reach out to officials to verify what they’ve found and hammer out a script for Torres to narrate.

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He says cost pressures have "never been as bad", adding "we're hammered from every direction" by skyrocketing sugar and chocolate prices, national minimum wage increases and rises in business rates.

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"When the hammer fell, there was a hush — then applause."

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If they don't, they will be 2-0 down and on the way to being defined as the same as all the other England teams hammered in Australia in the past 14 years.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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