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

In Northwestern’s first game at Ryan Field, Chip Kelly’s offense bludgeoned Matt Campbell’s 3-2 Penn State with 413 rushing yards, part of a 34-13 show by the 3-1 Wildcats. — Jason Kirk, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

The crime shocked the community for its brutality, as both Andrew and Abby were bludgeoned to death, and its boldness, occurring in the middle of the day on a busy street. — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026

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