1. A club used as a weapon
   "The attacker wielded a bludgeon"

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

Derived forms: bludgeons, bludgeoning, bludgeoned

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

Encyclopedia: Bludgeon