Question of the Day #130

"Al Franken hammers Trump judicial appointee for pushing ‘conspiracy theories and white nationalism’"
From the headline of this article at Raw Story.

上記の文で、hammer の意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "hammer" mean?

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解答

意味： 英辞郎にいろいろな役はあるが、これが一番近いかと思います。


〔敵を〕たたきのめす、攻撃する

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

to criticize severely

Etymology/語源

Online Etymology Dictionaryによると、

「激しく打ち負かす」という意味で初めて使われたのは、1948年

According to Online Etymology Dictionary:

that of "to defeat heavily" is from 1948

Examples

• The report hammers the private motorist.
• If we turned up late we would be hammered by everybody.
• ‘he got hammered for an honest mistake’
• Her latest film has been hammered by the critics.