Meaning & use
bludgeon
To hit repeatedly with a heavy object, or to force someone into doing something through relentless pressure.
See it in a sentence
The victim had been bludgeoned with a blunt object during the robbery.
The committee felt bludgeoned into approving the plan after hours of aggressive lobbying.
A note on using this word
Bludgeon can describe literal violent blows or, figuratively, forceful and unrelenting pressure that overwhelms someone's resistance.
Words with a similar meaning
battercoerce
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A short, heavy club used as a weapon.
The old museum displayed a wooden bludgeon believed to be centuries old.
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