Bludgeon
noun
Heavy stick or club often used for hitting.
He was armed with a large bludgeon, ready to attack any threat.
Often appears as...
- carry a bludgeon
- swing a bludgeon
verb
To hit someone or something hard with a heavy object.
He bludgeoned the intruder with a baseball bat, knocking him out.
Often appears as...
- bludgeon someone to death
- bludgeon something apart
verb
To pressure someone into doing something.
He was bludgeoned into signing the contract before he fully understood it.
Often appears as...
- bludgeon into submission
- bludgeon into agreement
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
Heavy stick or club often used for hitting.
He was armed with a large bludgeon, ready to attack any threat.
Often appears as...
- carry a bludgeon
- swing a bludgeon
verb
To hit someone or something hard with a heavy object.
He bludgeoned the intruder with a baseball bat, knocking him out.
Often appears as...
- bludgeon someone to death
- bludgeon something apart
verb
To pressure someone into doing something.
He was bludgeoned into signing the contract before he fully understood it.
Often appears as...
- bludgeon into submission
- bludgeon into agreement
Usage tips
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Object
A 'bludgeon' usually refers to an improvised weapon, less formal than 'baton'.
He found a piece of wood and used it as a bludgeon.
Pro Tip 2/3Threatening Tone
'Bludgeon' can imply violence or danger when mentioned in stories.
The villain carried a bludgeon, scaring all the townsfolk.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity
The word suggests heavy, forceful action more than a casual blow.
The fighter's bludgeon struck the shield with intense force.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Object
A 'bludgeon' usually refers to an improvised weapon, less formal than 'baton'.
He found a piece of wood and used it as a bludgeon.
Pro Tip 2/3Threatening Tone
'Bludgeon' can imply violence or danger when mentioned in stories.
The villain carried a bludgeon, scaring all the townsfolk.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity
The word suggests heavy, forceful action more than a casual blow.
The fighter's bludgeon struck the shield with intense force.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Object
A 'bludgeon' usually refers to an improvised weapon, less formal than 'baton'.
He found a piece of wood and used it as a bludgeon.
Pro Tip 2/3Threatening Tone
'Bludgeon' can imply violence or danger when mentioned in stories.
The villain carried a bludgeon, scaring all the townsfolk.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity
The word suggests heavy, forceful action more than a casual blow.
The fighter's bludgeon struck the shield with intense force.
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How we're growing baby...
And on the eastern end of the island, where the reefs are intact and thriving, you could barely tell a tropical storm had passed. But in town, where corals had died from overfishing, from pollution, the tropical storm picked up the dead corals and used them as bludgeons to kill the corals that were left.
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How to seek truth in the...
and to really whack us -- and their own journalists -- with this bludgeon of fake news. To what extent is what happened, though, in part, just an unintended consequence, that the traditional media that you worked in had this curation-mediation role, where certain norms were observed,
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It's OK to feel...
that we use to bludgeon ourselves into thinking that we're not doing enough or that we're doing life right or that you're supposed to be more useful, more productive, you're supposed to be changing the world, or uncovering some particular talent that only you have
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Ancient Human Sacrifice...
to the performance the the theater of the thing was the death of Lindo man a ritual sacrifice at the hands of druids if so his threefold murder bludgeoned strangled and slashed across the throat is the most detailed evidence yet of how
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Prison Guard Preparation...
went in I don't think he was expecting it at all what happened next changed Wyoming State Penitentiary forever the inmates stabbed him repeatedly and bludgeoned him with a fire extinguisher
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Snowy Egret Tug-of-War PIPE...
the way there will be more food for the other two down below the alligators watch this grizzly patch and eagerly the bigger sibling stabbed and bludgeoned a little
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Animal Winter Games:...
of the way there will be more food for the other two down below the alligators watch this grizzly patch and eagerly the bigger sibling stabbed and bludgeoned a
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Snowy Egret Sacrifice PIPE...
watch this grizzly patch and eagerly the bigger sibling stabbed and bludgeoned a little one until he succumbs then the Gators below make like NBA
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Snowy Egret's Nest PIPE...
watch this grizzly patch and eagerly the bigger sibling stabbed and bludgeoned a little one until he
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Snowy Egret's Nest PIPE...
grizzly patch and eagerly the bigger siblings stabbed and bludgeoned a little
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How we're growing baby...
And on the eastern end of the island, where the reefs are intact and thriving, you could barely tell a tropical storm had passed. But in town, where corals had died from overfishing, from pollution, the tropical storm picked up the dead corals and used them as bludgeons to kill the corals that were left.
Video examples
How to seek truth in the...
and to really whack us -- and their own journalists -- with this bludgeon of fake news. To what extent is what happened, though, in part, just an unintended consequence, that the traditional media that you worked in had this curation-mediation role, where certain norms were observed,
Video examples
It's OK to feel...
that we use to bludgeon ourselves into thinking that we're not doing enough or that we're doing life right or that you're supposed to be more useful, more productive, you're supposed to be changing the world, or uncovering some particular talent that only you have
Video examples
Ancient Human Sacrifice...
to the performance the the theater of the thing was the death of Lindo man a ritual sacrifice at the hands of druids if so his threefold murder bludgeoned strangled and slashed across the throat is the most detailed evidence yet of how
Video examples
Prison Guard Preparation...
went in I don't think he was expecting it at all what happened next changed Wyoming State Penitentiary forever the inmates stabbed him repeatedly and bludgeoned him with a fire extinguisher
Video examples
Snowy Egret Tug-of-War PIPE...
the way there will be more food for the other two down below the alligators watch this grizzly patch and eagerly the bigger sibling stabbed and bludgeoned a little
Video examples
Animal Winter Games:...
of the way there will be more food for the other two down below the alligators watch this grizzly patch and eagerly the bigger sibling stabbed and bludgeoned a
Video examples
Snowy Egret Sacrifice PIPE...
watch this grizzly patch and eagerly the bigger sibling stabbed and bludgeoned a little one until he succumbs then the Gators below make like NBA
Video examples
Snowy Egret's Nest PIPE...
watch this grizzly patch and eagerly the bigger sibling stabbed and bludgeoned a little one until he
Video examples
Snowy Egret's Nest PIPE...
grizzly patch and eagerly the bigger siblings stabbed and bludgeoned a little
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Maya Angelou
American Poet
I think Clinton, after getting into office and into Washington, was shocked at being bludgeoned. So he spent time trying to be all things to all people - one way guaranteed not to be successful or respected in a lion's den. You can't just play around with all those big cats - you've got to take somebody on.
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Mark Frost
American Novelist
I've always had an idealistic streak about storytelling in that I believe we owe more to audiences than repeatedly bludgeoning them over the head while stealing their lunch money. We owe them inspiration. That's why I'm more interested now in creating new heroes than hooking up jumper cables to old ones.
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Dawn Foster
British Journalist
Every rough sleeper is the product of political decisions that have created a safety net riddled with gaping holes. No one wants to sleep outdoors in sub-zero temperatures, but far too many will, while politicians continue to cut welfare provision and bludgeon councils with austeritymeasures.
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Claire Danes
American Actress
My goal is always to do something that feels just beyond my reach, and 'Homeland' continues to do that. Every season, they find new ways to scare me. The show is like a diamond that fell from the sky. I'll always feel slightly bludgeoned by it, but in the best way possible.
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Kimberle Williams Crenshaw
American Activist
Justice Scalia was a person who effectively bludgeoned the life out of the living Constitution, the Constitution that gave us desegregation, that gave us women's rights, that gave us environmental protections and political access.
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Greg Ginn
Musician
I still think the best metal bands have a blues feel. The first Black Sabbath album is kind of a bludgeoning of blues. Deep Purple also started out as a blues band.
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Chris Eubank Sr.
British Athlete
Fortunately, I was technically skilled, so I didn't have to bludgeon people, I didn't have to batter them.
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William Cobbett
English Politician
The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of the bludgeon and the bayonet.
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Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.
Quote examples
Maya Angelou
American Poet
I think Clinton, after getting into office and into Washington, was shocked at being bludgeoned. So he spent time trying to be all things to all people - one way guaranteed not to be successful or respected in a lion's den. You can't just play around with all those big cats - you've got to take somebody on.
Quote examples
Mark Frost
American Novelist
I've always had an idealistic streak about storytelling in that I believe we owe more to audiences than repeatedly bludgeoning them over the head while stealing their lunch money. We owe them inspiration. That's why I'm more interested now in creating new heroes than hooking up jumper cables to old ones.
Quote examples
Dawn Foster
British Journalist
Every rough sleeper is the product of political decisions that have created a safety net riddled with gaping holes. No one wants to sleep outdoors in sub-zero temperatures, but far too many will, while politicians continue to cut welfare provision and bludgeon councils with austeritymeasures.
Quote examples
Claire Danes
American Actress
My goal is always to do something that feels just beyond my reach, and 'Homeland' continues to do that. Every season, they find new ways to scare me. The show is like a diamond that fell from the sky. I'll always feel slightly bludgeoned by it, but in the best way possible.
Quote examples
Kimberle Williams Crenshaw
American Activist
Justice Scalia was a person who effectively bludgeoned the life out of the living Constitution, the Constitution that gave us desegregation, that gave us women's rights, that gave us environmental protections and political access.
Quote examples
Greg Ginn
Musician
I still think the best metal bands have a blues feel. The first Black Sabbath album is kind of a bludgeoning of blues. Deep Purple also started out as a blues band.
Quote examples
Chris Eubank Sr.
British Athlete
Fortunately, I was technically skilled, so I didn't have to bludgeon people, I didn't have to batter them.
Quote examples
William Cobbett
English Politician
The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of the bludgeon and the bayonet.
Quote examples
Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
Quote examples
Noam Chomsky
American Activist
Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.
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