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Bludgeon

/blʌdʒ.ən/

A short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end.

📖 Definitions of "Bludgeon"

noun
  1. 1

    A short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end.

    "We smashed the radio with a steel bludgeon."

verb
  1. 1

    To strike or hit with something hard, usually on the head; to club.

    "The apprehended rioter was bludgeoned to death."

  2. 2

    To coerce someone, as if with a bludgeon.

    "Their favorite method was bludgeoning us with the same old arguments in favor of their opinions."

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