What are some opposite words for bludgeon?

Antonyms for bludgeon
ˈblʌdʒ ənblud·geon

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Wiktionary1.0 / 1 vote

  1. bludgeonverb

    To strike or hit with something hard, usually on the head; to club.

    The apprehended rioter was bludgeoned to death.

    Synonyms:
    cudgel

  2. bludgeonverb

    To coerce someone, as if with a bludgeon.

    Their favorite method was bludgeoning us with the same old arguments in favor of their opinions.

    Synonyms:
    pummel, harrass

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Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 2 votes

  1. bludgeonverb

    a club used as a weapon

  2. bludgeonverb

    overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club

    "The teacher bludgeoned the students into learning the math formulas"

    Synonyms:
    club

  3. club, bludgeonverb

    strike with a club or a bludgeon

    Synonyms:
    club

How to use bludgeon in a sentence?

  1. Casey Lynn:

    He pulled out a revolver, threatened me and said,' You can't live without me,' he began playing Russian roulette, and in between spinning the revolver, he would hit me on the back of the head and try to bludgeon me.

  2. Amit Ranjan:

    There is no justification for this except to bludgeon the competition.

  3. Fox News host Sean Hannity:

    They're scaring the living hell out of people, and I see it, again, as like, oh, let's bludgeon Trump with this new hoax.

  4. Seth Rogen:

    If you were playing baseball against a team and you're trying to get a lot of runs and the other team is trying to bludgeon you to death, is it shocking that you're not scoring as many runs as maybe you should be scoring? No. The other team is just trying to beat you with baseball bats, you know?

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