单词	hammer-and-tongs
释义	hammer and tongs adverb : with great force, vigor, or violence went at it hammer and tongs hammer-and-tongs adjective Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web The two conservative groups that brought the case were targeted by Harris in 2012-13, right around the time the IRS was going hammer and tongs after Tea Party groups. Dan Mclaughlin, National Review, 1 July 2021 Two teams who seem destined to slug it out in the lower reaches of the table this season going hammer and tongs at each other never makes for a good watch. SI.com, 18 Sep. 2019 The Reds went hammer and tongs in their efforts to find a second, though their hosts were able to hold off the onslaught until the final 10 minutes of the clash. SI.com, 15 Aug. 2019 With two moderate Pyrenean climbs, Thursday’s Stage 12 from Toulouse, where cassoulet and rugby are both big, wasn’t tough enough for Thomas and his rivals to go at each other hammer and tongs. Washington Post, 18 July 2019 The way to stand out from the others is to go hammer and tongs for the opponents’ jugulars, or to try to sound more extreme than the others. Jim Jones, idahostatesman, 18 May 2018 The way to stand out from the others is to go hammer and tongs for the opponents’ jugulars, or to try to sound more extreme than the others. Jim Jones, idahostatesman, 18 May 2018 The way to stand out from the others is to go hammer and tongs for the opponents’ jugulars, or to try to sound more extreme than the others. Jim Jones, idahostatesman, 18 May 2018 The way to stand out from the others is to go hammer and tongs for the opponents’ jugulars, or to try to sound more extreme than the others. Jim Jones, idahostatesman, 18 May 2018 See More Word History First Known Use circa 1780, in the meaning defined above hammer-and-tongs 1 of 2 adjective as in violent marked by bursts of destructive force or intense activity the scuffle escalated into a hammer-and-tongs fight Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance violent ferocious fierce furious turbulent rough volcanic rabid vicious explosive knock-down-and-drag-out hot knock-down, drag-out brutal paroxysmal cyclonic convulsive aggressive tumultuous volatile stormy tempestuous bang-bang savage hostile blood-and-guts antagonistic contentious destructive mad pugnacious assertive cataclysmal belligerent bellicose barbarous frantic combative quarrelsome combustible truculent agitated gladiatorial ruinous frenzied cataclysmic Antonyms & Near Antonyms nonviolent peaceful tranquil peaceable calm pacific serene halcyon nonbelligerent unaggressive See More hammer and tongs 2 of 2 adverb as in sharply Synonyms & Similar Words sharply violently fiercely vehemently forcibly forcefully roughshod robustly firmly strongly vigorously powerfully spunkily sturdily dynamically explosively stiffly stoutly actively energetically crisply roundly strenuously briskly lustily hard eagerly emphatically solidly surely fast animatedly heartily rigidly muscularly mightily fixedly intensively determinedly gamely steadfastly resolutely purposefully smartly soundly spiritedly intently aggressively squarely vivaciously steadily decidedly assertively directly manfully potently snappily Antonyms & Near Antonyms weakly feebly gently softly delicately faintly shakily lazily languidly listlessly halfheartedly frailly spiritlessly lamely ineffectively uncertainly ineffectually impotently bloodlessly nervelessly spinelessly See More
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