Definition of bludgeon
1 : a short stick that usually has one thick or loaded end and is used as a weapon
2 : something used to attack or bully the bludgeon of satire
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Examples of bludgeon in a Sentence
guards armed with bludgeons roamed the compound
Recent Examples of bludgeon from the Web
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Several winners received cash prizes in dollars for showing the president in the white robes of the Ku Klux Klan, sharing a Time magazine cover with Adolf Hitler, or as Captain America wielding the Statue of Liberty as a bludgeon.
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In a nutshell, anything that can be used as a bludgeon is a no-no.
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Bludgeon opponents into submission late in games, and ride a killer bullpen to ensure opponents can’t do the same.
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Use the powerful access rights of these statutes wisely, and not as a bludgeon.
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For them, the vote for the largest transportation tax in history will surely be used as a bludgeon by their political opponents.
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Unlike Trump, who wields his words like a bludgeon, Apple is hushed, calm, resolute.
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Apple bludgeons Facebook’s performance with $2.1 million in revenue for each person who works there—10 times that of Wal-Mart.
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Tanaka then watched Toronto bludgeon the Yankees’ bullpen to complete a three-game sweep.
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Origin and Etymology of bludgeon
origin unknown
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Definition of bludgeon
transitive verb
1 : to hit with heavy impact was bludgeoned to death
2 : to attack or overcome by aggressive argument : bully mental bludgeoning We do not talk—we bludgeon one another with facts and theories … — Henry Miller
Examples of bludgeon in a Sentence
The victim was bludgeoned to death with a hammer.
bludgeoned the door with an iron bar in a senseless act of vandalism
Recent Examples of bludgeon from the Web
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In the 1950s, no murder case held the public enthralled like that of Sam Sheppard, a respected physician convicted of bludgeoning his wife to death.
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Last season, the Tribe bludgeoned Brad Ausmus’ squad to the tune of 14-4.
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Trail was found on April 29, 1997, wrapped in a rug, his head bludgeoned by a hammer.
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The president’s tweet of a stupid wrestling video depicting himself bludgeoning CNN wasn’t a threat of violence against journalists.
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Authorities say the attacker bludgeoned Gulliver in the face, pulled her pants to her ankles, stabbed her repeatedly from her thighs to her chest until the blade of the knife broke off inside her.
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The line’s delivered in the middle of a beating, and the victim isn't the only one being bludgeoned.
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A 43-year-old homeless man has been charged with second-degree murder for allegedly bludgeoning another man with an aluminum baseball bat, according to King County prosecutors.
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In 2014, a Staten Island man who admitted to bludgeoning his mother to death with an iron several years earlier was given a day pass and failed to return.
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Origin and Etymology of bludgeon
verbal derivative of 1bludgeon
BLUDGEON Defined for English Language Learners
bludgeon
playDefinition of bludgeon for English Language Learners
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: a heavy stick that usually has one thick end and is used as a weapon
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: something that is used to attack or bully someone
bludgeon
Definition of bludgeon for English Language Learners
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: to hit (someone or something) very hard
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: to use arguments or threats to force (someone) to do something
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