Hammer
Hammer verb - To criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings.
Usage example: the critics have long been hammering the stage actress for resorting to the same mixed bag of mannerisms over and over
Pan
Pan verb - To express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of.
Usage example: virtually all the movie critics have panned this latest sequel in a tired series
Hammer and pan are semantically related in knock topic. Sometimes you can use "Hammer" instead a verb "Pan", if it concerns topics such as criticize, criticize strongly.
Nearby Word: panful
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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A chef wants to use his frying pan as a hammer to help rebuild Alexandria, but he's told his work is just as valuable making sure everyone else is fed and healthy, so they can rebuild.
Source: Video Game / Final Fantasy IX - Her Drive attack allows her to summon a variety of items, such as a frying pan, a paper fan, a 16 ton hammer, a giant kitty, bombs, missiles, and a bat.
Source: Hammerspace / Video Games -
Examples include Andre, a brute with a giant hammer, Umbrella, who has a Swiss Army Weapon umbrella, Tentionmaru, whose scarf transforms into a sword, and Fry, who fights with a frying pan.
Source: Loads and Loads of Characters
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Pan and Hammer. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hammer/pan
Hammer & Pan. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hammer/pan>.
Pan or Hammer. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hammer/pan.
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