Sekirov Dictionary

bludgeon

/ˈblʌd͡ʒ.ən/

noun 2
verb 2
forms 3

noun2

•
A short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end.
- We smashed the radio with a steel bludgeon.
•
(figurative) Something used to coerce someone.
- Because it could be used as a bludgeon to force industries to accept any terms, however unreasonable or unfair, the Overton-Russell amendment ought to be discarded by the House of Representatives. — 1940

verb2

•
To strike or hit with something hard, usually on the head; to club.
- The apprehended rioter was bludgeoned to death.
•
(figurative) To coerce someone, as if with a bludgeon.
- Their favorite method was bludgeoning us with the same old arguments in favor of their opinions.

forms

bludgeoned · bludgeoning · bludgeons

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