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bludgeon Definition

bludg·eon (blujən)

noun

a short club with a thick, heavy, or loaded end

Etymology: ? altered < MFr bougeon, dim. of bouge, a club

transitive verb, intransitive verb

  1. to strike with or as with a bludgeon
  2. to bully or coerce

bludgeon Usage Examples

Object

  • weapon: Shields used during the Middle Ages were also used as bludgeoning weapons.
  • viewer: But avoid using them to bludgeon the viewer when the rest of the garden isn't properly Japanese style.
  • boundary: Trescothick, however, takes no mercy on a wide one and bludgeons another boundary.
  • teacher: You can't bludgeon teachers over the head with imperious dictats.

Preposition: with

pipe: Most dogs are hung, bludgeoned with pipes or hammers, or electrocuted.

Preposition: into

submission: By late afternoon my dreams were shattered by dark forces, my aspirations bludgeoned into submission.

Converse of object

load: The horns now blew in all directions, and an indiscriminate attack was made upon us with large bludgeons heavily loaded with molten lead.

Modifying Another Word

then: He ordered the drinks, sat down & then bludgeoned his pint all over himself and the poor girl.

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