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wall-slam en · NOUN

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1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of wall slam (“a slam against a wall”).
   alt of wall slam
   • That wasn’t an aberration, either. Despite the highlight-reel catches and wall-slams, Hamilton’s defense was, by measure of dWAR, actually a liability more often than it was a benefit. 2020 May 5, Levi Weaver, “Ranking the 10 best seasons ever by a Rangers center fielder”, in The Athletic, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2025:
   • For years, Daniel J Jones worked in a windowless room in Virginia, poring over documents detailing acts that can only be described as torture. Over and over again, he read about wall-slams and beatings, people waterboarded until their eyes rolled back and the liquid bubbled from their nose. 2019 October 12, Hugo Rifkind, “Daniel Jones, CIA torture and the truth behind The Report”, in The Times, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Jul 2025:
   • Not wanting to lose his favorite sword, Orivon hung on grimly to its hilt. During one of its drawing backs, between wall-slams, he leaned down and planted his other sword against the wall, point out and hilt against the stone. 2008, Ed Greenwood, “Great Slaughtering Battle”, in Dark Vengeance (A Novel of Niflheim; 2), New York, N.Y.: Tor, →ISBN, page 223:
   • For every patient patched back together, another set of scrubs is torn off. It’s never long or graphic – this is a show made for prime-time American cable TV – but it’s shamelessly intense: think wall-slams, heavy pop soundtracks, and lots of breathy snogging. 2021 January 15, Susannah Goldsbrough, “First surgery, then sex: how Grey’s Anatomy became a TV juggernaut”, in Chris Evans, editor, The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Jan 2021:

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wall-slam en · VERB

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1. (uncommon) To slam against a wall.
   • EEK! A WALL-SLAM! HE WALL-SLAMMED!! CHIKA -KUN!! HOW COULD HE?! 2020 October 6, Junko, translated by [Barbara Vincent], “Stage. 7: Stans Can’t Be Friends”, in Star⇄Crossed!!, volume 3, New York, N.Y.: Kodansha USA Publishing, →ISBN, page 27:
   • Greer is an aggressive fielder with a flair for making diving catches coming in and wall-slamming catches going back. 1998, Sports Team Analysis and Tracking Systems, Inc., “Rusty Greer”, in John Dewan, Don Zminda, Jim Callis, editors, The Scouting Notebook: 1998, Skokie, Ill.: STATS Publishing, →ISBN, page 296, column 1:
   • Why was I letting this guy fluster me? In my line of work, I encountered far worse than a dude dressed like Bogie in Casablanca. […] Drunken bullies who wall-slam fussy infants. 2020 March 17, Kathy Reichs, “Friday, June 22”, in A Conspiracy of Bones (A Temperance Brennan Novel; 19), New York, N.Y.: Scribner, →ISBN, pages 4–5:
   • As Dr. Hanley was not quite getting the point Sun was wishing to make, he grabbed her with both hands and wall-slammed her twice, knocking the air out of her. 2001, Patrick Thomas, Fools’ Day: A Tale from Bulfinche’s Pub (Murphy’s Lore; 2), Farmingdale, N.Y.: Padwolf Publishing, →ISBN, page 83:
   • Leaving aside the fact that apparently none of these great, courageous, self-sacrificing, vigilant defenders of our "core values" (as Obama lauds them) considered these tortures to be inherently immoral, but simply wanted to cover their ass legally before they wall-slammed the hell out of somebody or poured water down their throats until they began to choke and drown -- the fact is, they were told quite specifically by Bush's White House shysters that there was no guarantee that their actions would be considered legal by a court. 2009 April 16, Chris Floyd, “Tortured Logic: Obama Writes Off Old Crimes While Promoting New Outrages”, in Empire Burlesque […], archived from the original on 20 Apr 2009; quoted in Robin T Cox, “Tortured Logic: […]”, in uk.current-events.terrorism (Usenet), 17 April 2019, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2025:
   • For Mai & Yuri, the waiting game consists of hitting him out of his Rush move where he tries to wall-slam you. 1995 March 22, SirRichard, “[KOF94] Help with Rugal t”, in rec.games.video.arcade (Usenet), archived from the original on 03 Dec 2025:

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