hammer away at

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Definitions of hammer away at words

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

intensify — to make intense or more intense.
focus — a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
fixate — to fix; make stable or stationary.
settle — to appoint, fix, or resolve definitely and conclusively; agree upon (as time, price, or conditions).
put — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.

unsettle — to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb: Violence unsettled the government.
ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
disregard — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
disperse — to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
scatter — to throw loosely about; distribute at irregular intervals: to scatter seeds.

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