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
bludgeoned; bludgeoning; bludgeons
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
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Noun
guards armed with bludgeons roamed the compound
Verb
remodelers bludgeoned the wall with a sledgehammer to join the two rooms
the boxer bludgeons opponents with an assortment of punches
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Matthew Karp, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
Todd Golden could cycle body after body in the paint to bludgeon opponents and wear them down over 40 minutes, and Condon and Rueben Chinyelu, the Gators’ two starters, were crucial parts of that rotation.
—Jim Root, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 8 June 2025
Cardoso bludgeoned the Wings for the Chicago Sky’s first 10 points of the 97-92 win.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2025
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Noun
When the Republican Charles Sumner was struck down by a Southerner on the Senate floor, Raymond’s paper called for armed resistance by pistol, bludgeon, and bowie knife, if necessary.
—Matthew Karp, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
Todd Golden could cycle body after body in the paint to bludgeon opponents and wear them down over 40 minutes, and Condon and Rueben Chinyelu, the Gators’ two starters, were crucial parts of that rotation.
—Jim Root, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Verb
In June 1978, between appearances at the Windmill Dinner Theater in Scottsdale, Ariz., Crane was bludgeoned to death.
—Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 8 June 2025
Cardoso bludgeoned the Wings for the Chicago Sky’s first 10 points of the 97-92 win.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2025
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“Bludgeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bludgeon. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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