bludgeon

bludg·eon

 (blŭj′ən)

n.

A short heavy club, usually of wood, that is thicker or loaded at one end.

tr.v. bludg·eoned, bludg·eon·ing, bludg·eons

1. To hit with a heavy club or similar blunt instrument.

2. To strike with strong force: "The fields were often baked by the sun and bludgeoned by savage thunderstorms" (Linda Hasselstrom).

3. To overcome, often by intimidation or coercion.

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bludg′eon·er, bludg′eon·eer′ (-ə-nîr′) n.

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bludgeon

(ˈblʌdʒən)

n

1. (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) a stout heavy club, typically thicker at one end

2. a person, line of argument, etc, that is effective but unsubtle

vb (tr)

3. to hit or knock down with or as with a bludgeon

4. (often foll by into) to force; bully; coerce: they bludgeoned him into accepting the job.

[C18: of uncertain origin]

ˈbludgeoner n

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bludg•eon

(ˈblʌdʒ ən)
n.

1. a short, heavy club with one end thicker and heavier than the other.

v.t.

2. to strike or knock down with a bludgeon.

3. to force into something; bully.

[1720–30; orig. uncertain]

bludg′eon•er, n.

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bludgeon

Past participle: bludgeoned
Gerund: bludgeoning

Imperative

bludgeon

bludgeon

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bludgeon - a club used as a weapon     cosh, blackjack, sap - a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people club - stout stick that is larger at one end; "he carried a club in self defense"; "he felt as if he had been hit with a club"
Verb	1.	bludgeon - overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club; "The teacher bludgeoned the students into learning the math formulas" coerce, force, hale, pressure, squeeze - to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"
	2.	bludgeon - strike with a club or a bludgeon club hit - deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"

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bludgeon

verb

1. club, batter, beat, strike, belt (informal), clobber (slang), pound, cosh (Brit.), cudgel A wealthy businessman has been found bludgeoned to death.

2. bully, force, cow, intimidate, railroad (informal), hector, coerce, bulldoze (informal), dragoon, steamroller, browbeat, tyrannize His relentless aggression bludgeons you into seeing his point.

noun

1. club, stick, baton, truncheon, cosh (Brit.), cudgel, shillelagh, bastinado I rather feel that the bludgeon has replaced the rapier.

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bludgeon

verb

To domineer or drive into compliance by the use of as threats or force, for example:

browbeat, bulldoze, bully, bullyrag, cow, hector, intimidate, menace, threaten.

Informal: strong-arm.

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Translations

Knüppel

aporrearcachiporra

matraque

bunkósbotfurkósbotfütyköshusáng

bastonarerandello

bludgeon

[ˈblʌdʒən]

A. N → cachiporra f

B. VT → aporrear
to bludgeon sb into doing sth (fig) → coaccionar or forzar a algn a hacer algo

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bludgeon

[ˈblʌdʒ^ən]

vt

to bludgeon sb to death → matraquer qn à mort

to bludgeon sb into doing sth (= force) → forcer qn à faire qch

n → gourdin m, trique f

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bludgeon

n → Knüppel m, → Keule f

vt

(= hit) → verprügeln; to bludgeon somebody to death → jdn zu Tode prügeln

(fig) → bearbeiten (inf); he bludgeoned me into doing it → er hat mich so lange bearbeitet, bis ich es getan habe (inf); I don’t want to bludgeon you into it → ich möchte dich nicht dazu zwingen

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bludgeon

[ˈblʌdʒən] vt → prendere a randellate
to bludgeon sb to death → ammazzare qn a randellate
to bludgeon sb into doing sth (fig) → costringere qn a fare qc

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