Meaning & use
cudgel
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A short, thick stick used as a weapon; also, to beat someone with such a stick.
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The guard carried a wooden cudgel to fend off intruders.
Critics accused the senator of using the media as a cudgel against his opponents.
A note on using this word
Cudgel is often used figuratively, as in 'take up the cudgels for,' meaning to defend a cause vigorously.
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