English-Dutch translations for crowbar

• breekijzer
  Europa is blijkbaar het breekijzer om problemen in sommige landen aan te pakken. Europe is apparently the crowbar used to tackle problems in some countries.
  De diepe afkeer die de inwoners van Kosovo hadden ontwikkeld tegen Joegoslavië leek te worden misbruikt als een breekijzer om heel andere doelstellingen te realiseren. The deep loathing that the inhabitants of Kosovo had developed against Yugoslavia looked as if it would be misused as a crowbar with which to achieve a whole different set of objectives.
• koevoet
• spaak

Definition of crowbar

• An iron or steel bar, often with a flattened end which may also be hook-shaped, to be used as a lever to manually force things apart
• A type of cocktail made with only Crown Royal whiskey and lemon lime soda
• To use force to move. To prise

Related words

• crowbars
• spud bar; crowbar
• wedge point crowbar
• pinch point crowbar