wall slam meaning: definition, quotations

wall slam

nounalso spelled wall-slam

The act of slamming a person against a wall.

Van Hove lavishly externalizes the implied violence of capitalism with punches, neck wrenches, wall slams, and sinuous pantomimes of sexual assault.2010 September 22, “Theater Review: The Mama Grizzly of The Little Foxes”, in New York (Vulture section), New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Sep 2010:
In short, the memo Comey that approved gave a thumbs-up on waterboarding, wall slams, and other forms of torture – all violations of domestic and international law.2013 June 22, Laura Murphy, “Let's check James Comey's Bush years record before he becomes FBI director”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Oct 2013:

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“Hard-impact force likewise continues at an alarming rate in the form of head strikes, wall slams, and violent takedowns often involving neck/chokeholds,” the report says, adding that in some cases these incidents aren’t reported and in others they aren’t reported accurately.2017 April 3, Corinne Ramey, “Rikers Island Staff Overuse Force, Report Says”, in The Wall Street Journal, New York, N.Y.: Dow Jones & Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2025:

Related terms: wall-slam

wall-slam

verb

Uncommon To slam against a wall.

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:
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:

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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:
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:
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: