buzz saw

noun

plural buzz saws

: a power saw with a circular cutting blade : circular saw

: someone or something that presents overwhelming opposition

The Buckeyes have been a buzz saw …, winning by an average of 47.7 points in a 4-0 start.—

Tom Dienhart

—usually used in the phrase run/walk into a buzz saw

… the organizers ran into a buzz saw of complaints about many of its proposed venues, which had not been vetted with some of the landlords or the public.—

Katharine Q. Seelye

They ran into a buzz saw Saturday night against … Kentucky, a loss that likely means a new No. 1 on Monday.—

John Marshall

Never before has a president asked a Supreme Court nominee to walk into a political buzz saw quite like this.—

Susan Davis

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Just a classic buzz saw situation for Alabama with OU shooting 64.1%. —

Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 28 Jan. 2023 The view from space of the monster storm cutting into the Florida Panhandle coast like a buzz saw is both terrifying and strangely mesmerizing. —

Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 11 Oct. 2018 After two straight losing seasons, Louisiana State was sailing toward a potential playoff berth under first-year coach Brian Kelly until the Tigers ran into a Texas A&M buzz saw last week, losing 38-23. —

John Scheibe, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2022 Storm get second-round buzz saw in Maine South (8-2), which beat Bolingbrook 24-0. —

Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2022 See all Example Sentences for buzz saw