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Meanings of jackhammer in inglês

português
britadeira
espanhol
martillo mecánico

A hammer driven by compressed air.

britadeira
Sinônimos
Examples for "air hammer"
Examples for "air hammer"
1
Some brick & an air hammer dropped but luckily hit nobody.
The new yorker
2
There was the KLONK of an air hammer in a pipe.
The Big U
3
Hawkins switched to the air hammer and, with some direction from me, began working downward toward the body parts.
Flash and Bones
4
One option is to saw at horizontal and lateral planes to the block, then use an air hammer to create propagation cracks.
Flash and Bones
5
Coils of baling wire, cutting torches, gas bottles, air hammers, high pressure spray hoses, hand tools.
Nothing to lose
1
Each eighteen-inch-long piton measured an inch in diameter and had been driven into the earth with a pneumatic hammer.
Breathless
2
We used to rivet the crank-case arms to the crank-case, using pneumatic hammers which were supposed to be the latest development.
My Life and Work
Usage of jackhammer in inglês
1
But thanks to this mini jackhammer, we don't have that problem anymore.
Wired
2
And next to the jackhammer was a piece of good old-fashionedpaper.
Red Planet Blues
3
Her heart was thudding like a jackhammer, her breathing raspy and shallow.
Running scared
4
A jackhammer was boring a hole into the back of his cranium.
The Da Vinci Code
5
Spencer stared at the document for a moment, her heart like a jackhammer.
Wicked
6
A jackhammer is used in the mines to drill into rock.
The power of one
7
A lucky adolescent attacks a hunk of concrete with a jackhammer.
Wired
8
But my landlady is still knocking, or maybe that's a jackhammer.
Leaving Time
9
The tool had an auger where the bit on a jackhammer would be.
Wet desert: tracking down a terrorist on the colorado river
10
Her heart felt like a jackhammer pounding against her rib cage.
Sign of the cross
11
The shock of what he was saying literally hit me like a jackhammer.
The Kingmaker
12
McRae sat up, his heart pounding like a jackhammer against his rib cage.
Wild Storm
13
He jiggled baby Tavi like a jackhammer, brushing her arm with his elbow.
Sushi for one?
14
Dimitri McBride crashed into him with the force of a jackhammer.
The Reality Dysfunction
15
Frequent and prolonged jackhammer use can turn a laborer's fingers white and numb.
Wired
16
Her pulse must be slamming into his head like a jackhammer.
Blood Rights
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português
britadeira
Jackhammer through the time
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