crowbar
noun
crow·bar ˈkrō-ˌbär 
: an iron or steel bar that is usually wedge-shaped at the working end for use as a pry or lever
crowbar transitive verb
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web In the United States, outsiders with resources and persistence, such as activists and journalists, can try to use the legal crowbar of the Freedom of Information Act to pry facts loose. 
Daniel Ford, The New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2022 Erin Smith, Jeffrey Smith’s widow, had long said that injuries her husband sustained during the attack — he was hit over the head with a crowbar-like object — had a direct nexus to his suicide days later. Meagan Flynn, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2022 McQuesten was accused of beating them to death on Jan. 14, 2021; investigators found a bloody hammer and crowbar in his vehicle. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2022 Nicholas John Roske of California had a Glock pistol, a tactical knife, pepper spray, zip ties, hammer and a crowbar, USA TODAY reported. Tara Kavaler, The Arizona Republic, 15 June 2022 One of the men had a box cutter and the other had a crowbar during the argument, according to court records. Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 5 Apr. 2022 Images showed the bronze box, which holds the Eucharist and is traditionally considered sacred, damaged by what appears to have been a hammer or a crowbar. Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2022 This still image from body camera footage shows a man approaching police with a crowbar in West Valley City, May 10, 2021. Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Aug. 2021 While Fez got a scar on his head after he was accidentally hit with a crowbar, Angus actually suffered from near-fatal head trauma IRL. Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 10 Aug. 2022 See More
Daniel Ford, The New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2022 Erin Smith, Jeffrey Smith’s widow, had long said that injuries her husband sustained during the attack — he was hit over the head with a crowbar-like object — had a direct nexus to his suicide days later. Meagan Flynn, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2022 McQuesten was accused of beating them to death on Jan. 14, 2021; investigators found a bloody hammer and crowbar in his vehicle. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2022 Nicholas John Roske of California had a Glock pistol, a tactical knife, pepper spray, zip ties, hammer and a crowbar, USA TODAY reported. Tara Kavaler, The Arizona Republic, 15 June 2022 One of the men had a box cutter and the other had a crowbar during the argument, according to court records. Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 5 Apr. 2022 Images showed the bronze box, which holds the Eucharist and is traditionally considered sacred, damaged by what appears to have been a hammer or a crowbar. Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2022 This still image from body camera footage shows a man approaching police with a crowbar in West Valley City, May 10, 2021. Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Aug. 2021 While Fez got a scar on his head after he was accidentally hit with a crowbar, Angus actually suffered from near-fatal head trauma IRL. Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 10 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1748, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
crowbar
noun
crow·bar ˈkrō-ˌbär
: a metal bar used as a lever (as for prying things apart)