Synonyms of bludgeoned

bludgeoned

verb

past tense of bludgeon

1

as in smacked

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner

remodelers bludgeoned the wall with a sledgehammer to join the two rooms

Synonyms & Similar Words

• smacked
• slapped
• hit
• knocked
• punched
• slammed
• banged
• whacked
• pounded
• struck
• clapped
• clipped
• swiped
• cracked
• bashed
• batted
• thumped
• kicked
• stabbed
• hammered
• clobbered
• slugged
• nailed
• shoved
• thwacked
• jabbed
• poked
• swatted
• licked
• tapped
• zapped
• bopped
• socked
• pushed
• rapped
• boxed
• chopped
• smote
• bobbed
• walloped
• flicked
• clocked
• pasted
• tagged
• whaled
• clouted
• busted
• slogged
• belted
• pummeled
• mauled
• bonked
• biffed
• bumped
• battered
• stroked
• beat
• mangled
• buffeted
• hung one on
• lashed
• slashed
• pelted
• cuffed
• peppered
• roughed
• drubbed
• dumped
• lambasted
• whipped
• prodded
• stamped
• scuffed
• bunged
• laced
• clubbed
• jostled
• butted
• speared
• thrashed
• decked
• creamed
• felled
• kneed
• flogged
• bunted
• flailed
• sapped
• conked
• floored
• caned
• pommeled
• leveled
• knocked down
• beaned
• switched
• sledged
• sledgehammered
• brained
• sucker punched
• bowled (down or over)
• cudgeled
• rabbit-punched
• skulled

2

as in pounded

to strike repeatedly

a boxer bludgeoning his opponent

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pounded
• licked
• lashed
• whipped
• battered
• pelted
• beat
• attacked
• thumped
• slapped
• knocked
• assaulted
• hit
• punched
• smashed
• mauled
• slammed
• spanked
• pummeled
• bashed
• batted
• clubbed
• did
• chopped
• thrashed
• smacked
• hammered
• hided
• whacked
• buffeted
• flogged
• walloped
• paddled
• punched out
• lathered
• raided
• lambasted
• laced
• tanned
• belabored
• slated
• slogged
• worked over
• switched
• belted
• curried
• swiped
• wounded
• threshed
• boxed
• tromped
• drubbed
• stormed
• whupped
• whaled
• roughed (up)
• basted
• messed (up)
• fibbed
• birched
• clobbered
• cracked
• whopped
• swatted
• rushed
• pommeled
• assailed
• socked
• strapped
• bunged up
• cuffed
• pasted
• thwacked
• beat up on
• laid on
• jumped (on)
• descended (on or upon)
• clouted
• caned
• busted
• scourged
• beset
• horsewhipped
• lacerated
• whomped
• mutilated
• whammed
• gored
• pounced (on or upon)
• flagellated
• lammed
• mangled
• pistol-whipped
• maimed
• cudgeled
• leathered
• blackjacked
• fustigated
• cowhided
• rawhided

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bludgeoned

Throughout, the reader is bludgeoned with reminders of the war’s significance, and in the service of this aim Harding also offers a curious mixture of political awareness and faux naïveté. — Nick Holdstock, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026

She was later bludgeoned to death by fellow soldier Aaron David Robinson. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2026

The Chicago Cubs bludgeoned their National League Central rival Milwaukee Brewers and made all sorts of home-run history in the process. — Ryan Canfield Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026

The sound stage felt bludgeoned into submission throughout, as the intense distortion of bass, percussion and guitars made the instrument separation within the mix almost inaudible. — Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026

Another time, Tekin and the other women listened as guards bludgeoned a Ukrainian soldier in a cell across the hall. — Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Two days after Gerardi released the report, on April 26, 1998, he was bludgeoned to death in his home. — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 July 2026

Over a period of more than an hour, according to police reports and Sebold’s memoir, the assailant bludgeoned Sebold with his fists, pounded her skull into the brick and choked her. — Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 30 June 2026

Glossip was convicted and sentenced to death in the killing of his former boss, Barry Van Treese, who owned the Oklahoma City motel where Glossip worked and died after being bludgeoned with a baseball bat, according to court filings. — CBS News, 24 June 2026