Synonyms of bludgeoning

bludgeoning 1 of 2

noun

as in thrashing

Related Words

• thrashing
• hammering
• pounding
• bashing
• pummeling
• licking
• battering
• blow
• clobbering
• thump
• slap
• hit
• punch
• lambasting
• buffet
• knock
• encounter
• contact
• rap
• meeting
• shock
• impact
• touch
• jolt
• collision
• impingement
• concussion
• bump
• wallop
• kick
• crash
• strike
• slam
• jounce
• jar
• smash

bludgeoning

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verb

present participle of bludgeon

1

as in smacking

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

• smacking
• slapping
• hitting
• punching
• knocking
• slamming
• banging
• whacking
• pounding
• striking
• clapping
• clipping
• swiping
• cracking
• batting
• kicking
• thumping
• bashing
• hammering
• thwacking
• nailing
• jabbing
• clobbering
• stabbing
• smiting
• slugging
• tapping
• poking
• shoving
• boxing
• zapping
• clouting
• pushing
• swatting
• licking
• chopping
• bobbing
• tagging
• bopping
• bonking
• walloping
• socking
• flicking
• pasting
• slogging
• clocking
• rapping
• belting
• pummeling
• whaling
• bumping
• biffing
• busting
• stroking
• battering
• beating
• mauling
• slashing
• mangling
• hanging one on
• lashing
• roughing
• pelting
• peppering
• drubbing
• cuffing
• dumping
• prodding
• lambasting
• whipping
• buffeting
• stamping
• scuffing
• jostling
• butting
• kneeing
• flailing
• thrashing
• bunging
• sapping
• spearing
• flogging
• clubbing
• cudgeling
• lacing
• bunting
• felling
• creaming
• braining
• decking
• switching
• leveling
• sledgehammering
• pommeling
• knocking down
• bowling (down or over)
• caning
• sledging
• flooring
• sucker punching
• conking
• skulling
• beaning
• rabbit-punching

2

as in pounding

to strike repeatedly

a boxer bludgeoning his opponent

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pounding
• licking
• lashing
• whipping
• battering
• beating
• hiding
• slapping
• hitting
• pelting
• thumping
• attacking
• punching
• knocking
• assaulting
• smashing
• pummeling
• slamming
• doing
• mauling
• spanking
• batting
• hammering
• bashing
• chopping
• smacking
• thrashing
• whacking
• clubbing
• flogging
• raiding
• drubbing
• walloping
• slogging
• paddling
• lambasting
• whopping
• buffeting
• belting
• lathering
• switching
• storming
• working over
• wounding
• slating
• tanning
• punching out
• belaboring
• whaling
• swiping
• threshing
• currying
• boxing
• fibbing
• whupping
• basting
• roughing (up)
• messing (up)
• tromping
• thwacking
• cracking
• lacing
• clobbering
• rushing
• birching
• swatting
• assailing
• strapping
• pommeling
• cudgeling
• pasting
• socking
• beating up on
• cuffing
• bunging up
• descending (on or upon)
• besetting
• clouting
• jumping (on)
• scourging
• lacerating
• whamming
• laying on
• maiming
• busting
• whomping
• flagellating
• mutilating
• pouncing (on or upon)
• caning
• lamming
• pistol-whipping
• goring
• mangling
• horsewhipping
• leathering
• fustigating
• blackjacking
• rawhiding
• cowhiding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bludgeoning

Noun

Norma Jane Lumpkin, whose long hair hung past her waist, was four decades into a life sentence for her role in the 1981 bludgeoning death of her husband. — Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026

This game was expected to be a taut preview of the gold-medal game but has turned into a bludgeoning. — Sean Nevin, NBC news, 10 Feb. 2026

To start the bludgeoning, Aledo quickly established the run game in its opening drive with runs of 30 and 44 yards — that set up a 9 yard rushing TD from quarterback Lincoln Tubbs. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Dec. 2025

Bates announced on Wednesday that Lively was sentenced after he was found guilty of first-degree murder for the fatal bludgeoning and stabbing of 68-year-old John Hall III in Northwest Baltimore City. — Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025

Verb

Olivia launches her second escape by bludgeoning one of her captors with a metal pipe, grabbing his gun, and sprinting toward the red prison door. — Ew Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026

The Cubs have won seven of their last 10 after bludgeoning Kodai Senga on Tuesday, but fate keeps depleting them; their starter, Edward Cabrera, left the game on a cart with a hamstring/adductor strain. — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 24 June 2026

And that’s with those on-again, off-again guys in the gray shirts advertising Emirates missing call after call on the Spurs’ bludgeoning, stepping on, grabbing the guy down the stretch. — John Nogowski, Hartford Courant, 16 June 2026

The layoffs bludgeoning the tech industry continued this week as artificial intelligence reshapes the industry. — Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026

Days ago, the Celtics looked poised to coast into the Eastern Conference semifinals after bludgeoning the 76ers in Game 4 of their first-round series. — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 1 May 2026

As the man turns to leave, all of the gates shut, and a bull comes roaring toward the center, bludgeoning the man to death. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 15 Jan. 2026

Between the late evening hours Friday night and early morning Saturday, two teenagers and their 21-year-old friend allegedly conspired and carried out a brutal bludgeoning murder in Fruita. — The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, Denver Post, 25 Nov. 2025

Dennis, 53, was convicted of bludgeoning his ex-girlfriend Timwanika Lumpkins and UM linebacker Marlin Barnes to death with a shotgun in 1996. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 21 Nov. 2025