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1. A club used as a weapon

1. Overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club
   "The teacher bludgeoned the students into learning the maths formulas"
    
2. Strike with a club or a bludgeon
   - club

Derived forms: bludgeons, bludgeoned, bludgeoning

See also: bludgeoner

Type of: club, coerce, force, hale [archaic], hit, pressure, squeeze

Encyclopedia: Bludgeon