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bludgeon
[ bluhj-uhn ]
noun
- a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
verb (used with object)
- to strike or knock down with a bludgeon.
- to force into something; coerce; bully:
The boss finally bludgeoned him into accepting responsibility.
bludgeon
/ ˈʌə /
noun
- a stout heavy club, typically thicker at one end
- a person, line of argument, etc, that is effective but unsubtle
verb
- to hit or knock down with or as with a bludgeon
- often foll by into to force; bully; coerce
they bludgeoned him into accepting the job
Derived Forms
- ˈܻ岵DzԱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܻ岵ĴDz· ܻ岵·Dz· [bluhj-, uh, -, neer], noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bludgeon1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bludgeon1
Example Sentences
A peppy 50s housewife with a black eye has bludgeoned her partner.
In March 1953, in the company of four men, she participated in the home-invasion robbery of a disabled Burbank widow who was found bludgeoned and strangled.
Singer Al Jourgensen, leaning against an animal bone statue that served as a mic stand, and his bandmates bludgeoned audiences into submission with their hypnotic heaviness, regularly paying fines for exceeding venue noise limits.
"Another way was bludgeoning me to death using a sledgehammer", he said before adding that the fantasy and imagination of the spies was "beyond any imagination".
A South Carolina man convicted of bludgeoning his ex-girlfriend's parents to death has become the first US death row inmate to be executed by firing squad in the last 15 years.
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