with a sledge hammer

adverb

Roget 162: with crushing effect, with a sledge hammer.   

Roget 686: laboriously etc. adj.; lustily; pugnis et calcibus [Lat.]; with might and main, with all one's might, with a strong hand, with a sledge hammer, with much ado; to the best of one's abilities, totis viribus [Lat.], vi et armis [Lat.], manibus pedibusque [Lat.], tooth and nail, unguibus et rostro [Lat.], hammer and tongs, heart and soul; through thick and thin etc. (perseverance) 604.1. by the sweat of one's brow, suo Marte.    ... show more

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