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crowbar
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crow·bar  (krbär)
n.
A straight bar of iron or steel, with the working end shaped like a chisel and often slightly bent and forked, used as a lever.
tr.v. crow·barred, crow·bar·ring, crow·bars
To extract, remove, or insert forcibly: "[The newsmagazines] can crowbar stories in as late as Sunday and still be out on Monday" Edwin Diamond.

[crow1 + bar1.]
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crowbar

crowbar
Noun
a heavy iron bar used as a lever
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.crowbarcrowbar - a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge
jim crow - a crowbar fitted with a claw for pulling nails
jemmy, jimmy - a short crowbar; "in Britain they call a jimmy and jemmy"
lever - a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
Translations

crowbar [ˈkrəubɑːʳ] npalanca
crowbar [ˈkrəubɑːʳ] nlevier m
crowbar [ˈkrəubɑːʳ] nBrechstange f
crowbar [ˈkrəubɑːʳ] npiede m di porco

crowbar
n crowbar [ˈkrəubaː]
a large iron stake with a bend at the end, used to lift heavy stones etc. koevoet, breekysterمُخُل، عَتَلـة حَديديّـهбараминаsochorbrækjern; løftestangdas Stemmeisenλοστόςpalancasõrgkangدیلمsorkkarautalevierלוֹםबोझ उठाने की डण्डी, लोह दंडželjezna polugaemelőrúdlinggiskúbeinpalanchinoかなてこ쇠지레dalba, laužtuvaslauznisalabangkakoevoetbrekkjern, kubein, spettłompé-de-cabrarangăаншпугsochorvzvodpolugakofot, bräckjärnชะแลงmanivelâ撬棍ломسبل، گدالاxà beng

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Clinton figured he could pry some concessions out of the Russian leader, but that proved harder than crowbarring Boris's bottle of vodka away from him on stage at a Red Army karaoke bar.
 
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