NOUN | artifact | bludgeon | a club used as a weapon |
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VERB | social | bludgeon | overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club |
contact | bludgeon, club | strike with a club or a bludgeon |
Sounds | blah'jhahn | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
Meaning | A club used as a weapon. | |
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Narrower | blackjack, cosh, sap | A piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle |
Broader | club | stout stick that is larger at one end |
Spanish | cachiporra, clava, garrote, maza, porra | |
Verbs | bludgeon | strike with a club or a bludgeon |
bludgeon | overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club |
Meaning | Overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something | |
Example | "The teacher bludgeoned the students into learning the math formulas" | |
Broader | coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force | To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means |
Spanish | machacar | |
Nouns | bludgeon | a club used as a weapon |
Meaning | strike with a club or a bludgeon. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Model | The fighter managed to bludgeon his opponent | |
Synonym | club | |
Broader | hit | Deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument |
Spanish | aporrear, dar bastonazos | |
Catalan | bastonejar, garrotejar | |
Nouns | bludgeon | a club used as a weapon |
bludgeoner | an assailant who uses a bludgeon |
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