Definition of 'bludgeon'
Word forms: 3rd person singular present
tense bludgeons
, present participle bludgeoning
, past tense, past participle bludgeoned
1. verb
2. verb
Their approach simply bludgeons you into submission. [VERB noun + into]
His relentless aggression bludgeons you into seeing his point. [V n into n/-ing]
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verb (transitive)
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Word origin of 'bludgeon'
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Word origin of 'bludgeon'
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Translations for 'bludgeon'
British English: bludgeon VERB
To bludgeon someone means to hit them several times with a heavy object.
He broke into the old man's house and bludgeoned him with a hammer.
- American English: bludgeon
- Brazilian Portuguese: bater em
- Chinese: > 连击用重器
- European Spanish: apalear
- French: matraquer
- German: niederknüppeln
- Italian: colpire ripetutamentecon un oggetto
- Japanese: 殴打する
- Korean: 둔기로 때리다
- European Portuguese: bater em
- Spanish: apalear
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