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How to pronounce crowbar in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms pry, pry bar, wrecking bar
Type of lever
Has types jemmy, jim crow, jimmy

Examples of crowbar

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If I want to run in and grab bacon and, say, a crowbar, Eddie is who I turn to.
From the thenewstribune.com
Let's crowbar our way toward that booth, toward the entity ensconced in admirers.
From the washingtonpost.com
When enough plaster is removed, I use the crowbar to pry the remaining lath away.
From the theatlantic.com
Truth is you'd need a crowbar to loosen Apple's grip on the digital music market.
From the usatoday.com
The alleged burglar left a crowbar and some car parts from his vehicle as he left.
From the thenewstribune.com
He was unaware that stashed in the vehicle was a knife, a crowbar and two hammers.
From the dailyadvertiser.com.au
But it sticks to the ideal that a camera could be a crowbar to pry out truths.
From the entertainment.time.com
I read this entire article, and not 1 mention of Gordon Freeman or a crowbar.
From the economist.com
If legend is to be believed, a troll armed with a crowbar combs the tunnels.
From the cnn.com
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  • Crowbar is a fictional supervillain in the DC Universe. He first appeared in Justice League of America #233 (December 1984).
  • A crowbar, a wrecking bar, pry bar, or prybar, or sometimes (in British usage) a prise bar or prisebar more informally a jimmy, jimmy bar, jemmy or gooseneck is a tool consisting of a metal bar with a single curved end and flattened points, often with a small fissure on one or both ends for ...
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