noun
- heavy clubs used as weapons
verb
- hits repeatedly with a heavy object
- forces someone to do something through persistent pressure
Usage: figurative
Examples
- The medieval warriors carried wooden bludgeons into battle.
- Police found several makeshift bludgeons at the crime scene.
- The attacker bludgeons his victim with a metal pipe.
- She bludgeons her opponents with facts and statistics.
- The boss bludgeons employees into working overtime.
- He bludgeons people with his loud opinions at every meeting.
- The dictator bludgeons citizens into submission through fear.