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Answer for the clue "Raised by a cam until released to fall under gravity ", 10 letters:
triphammer

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n. (alternative spelling of trip hammer English)

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n. a massive power hammer; raised by a cam until released to fall under gravity

Usage examples of triphammer.

And from inside the mill came not the harsh grinding of the corn-mill but the continuous Iblis-clash of a triphammer forging iron.

But the guidance came not from Nicolson but in the shape of a crescendoing roar of an aircraft engine, the triphammer thudding of aircraft cannon and a shell that screamed through the smashed window above their heads and blasted the top of the chartroom door off its hinges.