sledged; sledging
: to transport on a sledge
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Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 7 Aug. 2024
What’s available: Everything from caulking guns and heat guns to thermal cameras, extension cords, drills, chain saws, sledge hammers, ladders, baking pans and more.
—Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 14 July 2024
Phoenix Rigging & Erecting last received an OSHA violation in August 2014 after a piece of metal broke off a sledge hammer and struck an employee in the chest, killing him.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024
Nicole Scherzinger is sharing her Ohana spirit — and her sledge hammer skills.
—Amanda Taylor, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2022
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Noun
In 1986, activists sank two roughly 430-ton Icelandic whaling ships and used sledge hammers and acid to destroy processing equipment in the country’s only whale oil plant.
—Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 7 Aug. 2024
What’s available: Everything from caulking guns and heat guns to thermal cameras, extension cords, drills, chain saws, sledge hammers, ladders, baking pans and more.
—Stephanie Lam, The Mercury News, 14 July 2024
Phoenix Rigging & Erecting last received an OSHA violation in August 2014 after a piece of metal broke off a sledge hammer and struck an employee in the chest, killing him.
—Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024
Nicole Scherzinger is sharing her Ohana spirit — and her sledge hammer skills.
—Amanda Taylor, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2022
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“Sledge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sledge. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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sledge
1 of 3 nounsledge
2 of 3 noun
: a strong heavy sled
sledge
3 of 3 verb
sledged; sledging
: to travel with or transport on a sledge
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