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bludgeon

Pronunciation:  'blujun

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a club used as a weapon
  2. [v]  strike with a club or a bludgeon
  3. [v]  overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club; "The teacher bludgeoned the students into learning the math formulas"
 
 Synonyms: club
 
 See Also: blackjack, club, coerce, cosh, force, hale, hit, pressure, sap

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Bludg"eon\, n. [Cf. Ir. blocan a little block, Gael.
plocan a mallet, W. plocyn, dim. of ploc block; or perh.
connected with E. blow a stroke. Cf. {Block}, {Blow} a
stroke.]
A short stick, with one end loaded, or thicker and heavier
that the other, used as an offensive weapon.

 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: bat, baton, be imminent, billy, billy club, blackjack, bluster, bluster out of, bounce, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, bullyrag, club, coerce, comminate, cow, demoralize, denounce, dragoon, forebode, harass, hector, hijack, huff, intimidate, look threatening, lower, menace, nightstick, shanghai, shillelagh, steamroller, strong-arm, systematically terrorize, terrorize, threaten, truncheon, use violence, utter threats against, war club, warn
 

 

 

 

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