Synonyms of bludgeons

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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
• cudgels
• hammers
• staves
• truncheons
• nightsticks
• bats
• mallets
• maces
• rods
• billies
• shillelaghs
• saps
• staffs
• clubs
• mauls
• bastinadoes
• waddies
• billy clubs
• shillalahs
• staves
• bastinades
• sledgehammers
• rungs
• knobkerries
• blackjacks
• beetles
• rattans
• gavels
• birches
• hickories
• switches
• crabsticks
• crooks
• crosiers
• walking sticks
• croziers
• 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
• bangs
• strikes
• claps
• swipes
• pounds
• hammers
• clips
• bats
• bashes
• thumps
• kicks
• stabs
• nails
• thwacks
• cracks
• wallops
• shoves
• smites
• clouts
• jabs
• swats
• licks
• pokes
• clobbers
• taps
• zaps
• clocks
• boxes
• slugs
• pushes
• chops
• bops
• raps
• belts
• flicks
• bonks
• mauls
• bobs
• biffs
• tags
• socks
• pastes
• beats
• busts
• strokes
• slogs
• pummels
• whales
• bumps
• mangles
• whips
• slashes
• batters
• prods
• pelts
• hangs one on
• peppers
• cuffs
• jostles
• cudgels
• knees
• flails
• dumps
• sledgehammers
• drubs
• roughs
• pommels
• buffets
• lambasts
• thrashes
• spears
• butts
• lambastes
• bungs
• stamps
• lashes
• bunts
• laces
• flogs
• sledges
• canes
• saps
• scuffs
• conks
• clubs
• skulls
• creams
• decks
• levels
• brains
• fells
• knocks down
• switches
• sucker punches
• beans
• floors
• rabbit-punches
• bowls (down or over)

2

as in licks

to strike repeatedly

a boxer bludgeoning his opponent

Synonyms & Similar Words

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