Synonyms for bludgeon
ˈblʌdʒ ənblud·geon

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1. bludgeonverb

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

   The apprehended rioter was bludgeoned to death.

   Synonyms:
   cudgel

2. bludgeonverb

   To coerce someone, as if with a bludgeon.

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

   Synonyms:
   pummel, harrass

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. bludgeonverb

   a club used as a weapon

2. bludgeonverb

   overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club

   "The teacher bludgeoned the students into learning the math formulas"

   Synonyms:
   club

3. club, bludgeonverb

   strike with a club or a bludgeon

   Synonyms:
   club

Matched Categories

1. • Coerce
   • Hit

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. beaten to death

   to beat until dead

   the king was beaten to death with a hammer by a slave

   Submitted by cj_t on July 9, 2023  

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1. bludgeonnoun

   Synonyms:
   club, cudgel

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How to use bludgeon in a sentence?

1. Fox News host Sean Hannity:

   They're scaring the living hell out of people, and I see it, again, as like, oh, let's bludgeon Trump with this new hoax.

2. Casey Lynn:

   He pulled out a revolver, threatened me and said,' You can't live without me,' he began playing Russian roulette, and in between spinning the revolver, he would hit me on the back of the head and try to bludgeon me.

3. Seth Rogen:

   If you were playing baseball against a team and you're trying to get a lot of runs and the other team is trying to bludgeon you to death, is it shocking that you're not scoring as many runs as maybe you should be scoring? No. The other team is just trying to beat you with baseball bats, you know?

4. Amit Ranjan:

   There is no justification for this except to bludgeon the competition.