blunt instrument

noun

: an object without sharp edges or points that is used as a club
He was hit over the head with a blunt instrument.

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While versions varied of what went down in the stable, the coroner’s report on Kirk’s death was straightforward: He’d been bashed in the head with at least one blunt instrument and strangled with the rope around his neck. Amber Hunt, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 But on January 11, 1937, a young man hunting rabbits south of Everett finds Charles’s naked, battered body dumped in a thicket of alders, knifed in the back and beaten in the head with a blunt instrument. Caroline Fraser june 10, Literary Hub, 10 June 2025 Bear with me because there's a great deal of nuance here that is easy to miss among today's more impassioned reactions to people using AI as a blunt instrument of creating mediocrity. ArsTechnica, 25 Apr. 2025 Despite their Moneyball makeover, torpedo bats remain, for now, a blunt instrument, largely superstition with a patina of data. Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025 This is a blunt instrument approach which does not address how and why consumers are purchasing their treats. Hank Cardello, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025 After all, this was a blunt instrument of a four-door that could keep up with some of the best sports cars of the day. Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2025 Ripple’s legal team long argued that the SEC’s strategy wasn’t about upholding the law, but about using it as a blunt instrument. Mackenzie Sigalos,ari Levy, CNBC, 22 Mar. 2025 The gang label has become a blunt instrument—an easy way to strip individuals of their rights. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025

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“Blunt instrument.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blunt%20instrument. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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