1. That car was smashed by a bat, a lead pipe, maybe even a sledge hammer.

2. As a result, they act in the manner of the proverbial sledge-hammer to crack a nut.

3. If you've ever watched a construction worker in Shanghai swing a bamboo-handled sledge hammer, you know. Bamboo is tough.

4. Sudarshan ' s desire to minimise sectarian conflict is understandable but his remedy is sledge - hammer and his tone too righteous .

5. Apollo soon realizes that, although Rocky does not have his skill, he could deliver crippling, sledge-hammer like punches and is stubbornly determined to keep fighting.

6. "The force of a mini ball or piece of shell striking any solid portion of a person is astonishing; it comes like a blow from a sledge hammer, and the recipient finds himself sprawling on the ground before he is conscious of being hit; then he feels about for the wound, the Benumbing blow deadening sensation for a few moments.