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hammer /ham·mer/ (ham´er)
1. an instrument with a head designed for striking blows.
2. malleus.
ham·mer (hmr)
n.
See malleus.
hammer
the malleus, the largest of the three bones of the middle ear.
hammer stunning
a blow in the center of the forehead with a 4 to 5 lb hammer on a handle 3 ft long; used as a means of stunning an ox before opening its jugular vein and letting it bleed out.


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hammers away at the understanding that Washington had narrowly treated Japan as a pawn in the wider Cold War policy agenda, that Washington had established a one-sided relationship in which Japanese sovereignty received only passing acknowledgement, and that the Truman and Eisenhower administrations were dismissive of legitimate Japanese aspirations.
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