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

2 of 2

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

Box score line of the century Buried in the rubble of the Yankees’ latest bludgeoning of the now-you-see-them-now-you-don’t Boston Red Sox were two of the wackiest back-to-back box-score lines in postseason history. — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Over in the crumbling core of Lockland Manor, Tom’s good-guy veneer slips as Kylie develops the same suspicions that led to Ian’s bludgeoning. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026

Taking over as the Reiner fund trustee from Matthew Fishburn soon after Rob and Michele Reiner’s horrific bludgeoning last December, Kanin served just 15 whirlwind weeks in the role before handing it over to Montgomery. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026

This one, Eimers went on, was unlikely to do that, because of the bludgeoning of the post and the placement of the bolts. — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

Already, this bludgeoning has become visible in insurance markets. — Justin Worland, Time, 18 July 2026

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

Verb

Back inside the ring, Brock Lesnar defended himself with a steel step, bludgeoning Oba Femi three times. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

By bludgeoning the Texas Rangers, 11-2, the Astros secured the regular-season series over their intrastate rival and own the tiebreaker. — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026

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

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