Synonyms of bludgeons

bludgeons 1 of 2

noun

plural of bludgeon

as in batons

a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment

guards armed with bludgeons roamed the compound

Synonyms & Similar Words

• batons
• canes
• staves
• cudgels
• bats
• truncheons
• mallets
• nightsticks
• hammers
• maces
• rods
• staffs
• billies
• shillelaghs
• clubs
• saps
• billy clubs
• bastinadoes
• waddies
• shillalahs
• bastinades
• staves
• mauls
• rungs
• knobkerries
• sledgehammers
• blackjacks
• beetles
• birches
• rattans
• hickories
• gavels
• switches
• croziers
• crooks
• crabsticks
• crosiers
• walking sticks
• whangees

bludgeons

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of bludgeon

1

as in slaps

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

• slaps
• smacks
• knocks
• hits
• slams
• punches
• whacks
• claps
• bangs
• strikes
• pounds
• swipes
• clips
• hammers
• bats
• bashes
• thumps
• kicks
• thwacks
• nails
• cracks
• stabs
• shoves
• clobbers
• smites
• swats
• boxes
• pokes
• wallops
• jabs
• taps
• licks
• zaps
• clouts
• pushes
• clocks
• slugs
• bops
• belts
• raps
• flicks
• chops
• socks
• bobs
• bonks
• tags
• slogs
• pastes
• biffs
• mauls
• pummels
• busts
• strokes
• whales
• beats
• bumps
• mangles
• lambasts
• batters
• hangs one on
• slashes
• whips
• drubs
• lambastes
• prods
• knees
• jostles
• pelts
• cuffs
• peppers
• roughs
• stamps
• buffets
• dumps
• flails
• lashes
• thrashes
• cudgels
• butts
• bunts
• laces
• spears
• scuffs
• decks
• saps
• clubs
• pommels
• flogs
• brains
• conks
• levels
• knocks down
• canes
• creams
• fells
• bowls (down or over)
• sledges
• bungs
• skulls
• sledgehammers
• switches
• floors
• beans
• sucker punches
• rabbit-punches

2

as in licks

to strike repeatedly

a boxer bludgeoning his opponent

Synonyms & Similar Words

• licks
• whips
• hides
• pounds
• beats
• slaps
• lashes
• knocks
• smashes
• thumps
• hits
• pelts
• batters
• mauls
• slams
• punches
• attacks
• assaults
• pummels
• hammers
• does
• spanks
• bats
• bashes
• thrashes
• chops
• smacks
• whacks
• wallops
• lambasts
• paddles
• whaps
• flogs
• clubs
• threshes
• drubs
• belts
• lambastes
• slates
• works over
• belabors
• lathers
• raids
• swipes
• boxes
• slogs
• tans
• punches out
• switches
• bastes
• wounds
• buffets
• tromps
• curries
• laces
• whups
• storms
• thwacks
• roughs (up)
• messes (up)
• whales
• rushes
• clobbers
• assails
• swats
• fibs
• pommels
• cudgels
• beats up on
• whops
• clouts
• descends (on or upon)
• cracks
• birches
• whams
• bungs up
• besets
• straps
• socks
• lacerates
• pastes
• jumps (on)
• lams
• cuffs
• canes
• lays on
• mutilates
• scourges
• maims
• pounces (on or upon)
• flagellates
• horsewhips
• busts
• leathers
• whomps
• mangles
• gores
• blackjacks
• pistol-whips
• fustigates
• cowhides
• rawhides