| NOUN | artifact | bludgeon | a club used as a weapon |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | A club used as a weapon. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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