bludgeon

Etymology
First attested in 1730. Origin uncertain, perhaps of origin (recorded as blogon c. 1450) or from, a diminutive of.

Noun

 * 1) A short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end.
 * We smashed the radio with a steel bludgeon.

Translations

 * Arabic: هِرَاوَة
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: дручо́к, дубі́нка, даўбе́шка
 * Bulgarian: къса сопа
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 * Czech: obušek
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 * Galician: moca,, acotante, pertego
 * Georgian:
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 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Irish: smachtín
 * Italian:
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 * Kyrgyz:, ,
 * Latgalian: vāza, bulstaks
 * Latvian: runga
 * Maori: hauhau, timo
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: klubbe
 * Nynorsk: klubbe
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 * Russian:, ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Slovak: obušok
 * Spanish:, , , ,
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 * Ukrainian: дрючо́к, кийо́к, дубе́ць,

Verb

 * 1)  To strike or hit with something hard, usually on the head; to club.
 * 2)  To coerce someone, as if with a bludgeon.
 * Their favorite method was bludgeoning us with the same old arguments in favor of their opinions.
 * 1)  To coerce someone, as if with a bludgeon.
 * Their favorite method was bludgeoning us with the same old arguments in favor of their opinions.
 * Their favorite method was bludgeoning us with the same old arguments in favor of their opinions.

Translations

 * Arabic: يَهْرِي
 * Catalan:, , , ,
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 * Dutch: neerknuppelen
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 * Japanese:
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 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: klubbe, klubbe ned
 * Nynorsk: klubbe
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 * Spanish:


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