: an iron or steel bar that is usually wedge-shaped at the working end for use as a pry or lever
crowbar
transitive verb
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Officials allege that Marte instructed Porter and Allen, who had a crowbar, to carry out the robbery while Marte stayed in the car as the getaway driver.
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 4 Apr. 2024
Police recovered a bloody knife outside the home's front door and a metal crowbar atop a table in the garage, court documents show.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024
Firefighters needed to use crowbars and other tools to pull the open the door, which was crushed in the crash.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 22 Feb. 2024
More artworks—one depicting a child building a sandcastle with a crowbar in Lowestoft, the other featuring three children in a boat in Oulton Broad—soon arrived.
—Tessa Solomon For Artnews, Robb Report, 18 Aug. 2021
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 4 Apr. 2024
Police recovered a bloody knife outside the home's front door and a metal crowbar atop a table in the garage, court documents show.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024
Firefighters needed to use crowbars and other tools to pull the open the door, which was crushed in the crash.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 22 Feb. 2024
More artworks—one depicting a child building a sandcastle with a crowbar in Lowestoft, the other featuring three children in a boat in Oulton Broad—soon arrived.
—Tessa Solomon For Artnews, Robb Report, 18 Aug. 2021
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“Crowbar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crowbar. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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crowbar
noun
crow·bar
ˈkrō-ˌbär 
: a metal bar used as a lever or pry
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