a silver button shows dents from repeated hammer blows
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This process is similar to forge welding except that pressure is applied by means of rolls rather than by means of hammer blows.
The handle glides on two ball bearings and is strong enough to take reasonable hammer blows if a patch becomes stuck.
Upon reaching the torpedo room, they heard answering hammer blows from inside the boat.
Censors had cut groans, hammer blows to wooden stakes, and some blood from the original film.
My first hammer blow was too tentative; I hit harder and felt the bottle give way.
The hammer blows literally made me jump out of my seat!
The frame secures the lock cylinder to the rear, preventing it from being dislodged by hammer blows.
Between each hammer blow, you turn the drill one quarter to an eighth of a revolution.
If you find the bit binding frequently, make the hammer blows quicker and lighter.
Hammer blows began smashing the door.
1.1British A sudden and damaging shock or disappointment.
these claims are a hammer blow to the fishing industry
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This policy is a real hammer blow to our industry and our job prospects.
Cornwall's most hi-tech and perhaps least known industry, global communications, will suffer a hammer blow.
These claims are a hammer blow to the fishing industry, and if proved true will have long-term consequences for the industry.
The news will come as a hammer blow to staff, who have endured a turbulent time at the company over the last six months.
Defeat would be a hammer blow to the morale of her track and field teammates.
He is refusing to concede defeat in the battle for the world championship, despite seeing his title hopes suffer a hammer blow in Spain.
The budget is likely to deliver a hammer blow, and it could be an expensive new year for us all.
The company delivered a hammer blow to its shareholders after the market closed.
The changing of the criteria for qualification for higher education grants from "recoupable income" to include assets would be a hammer blow to farm families.
The loss of the festival last year because of foot-and-mouth disease was a hammer blow to the economy of South West England.