亚洲网紅露点

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bludgeon

[ bluhj-uhn ]

noun

  1. a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.


verb (used with object)

  1. to strike or knock down with a bludgeon.
  2. to force into something; coerce; bully:

    The boss finally bludgeoned him into accepting responsibility.

bludgeon

/ 藞产濒蕦诲萧蓹苍 /

noun

  1. a stout heavy club, typically thicker at one end
  2. a person, line of argument, etc, that is effective but unsubtle
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to hit or knock down with or as with a bludgeon
  2. often foll by into to force; bully; coerce

    they bludgeoned him into accepting the job

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞产濒耻诲驳别辞苍别谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 产濒耻诲驳顎侥辞苍路别谤 产濒耻诲驳路别辞苍路别别谤 [bluhj-, uh, -, neer], noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of bludgeon1

First recorded in 1720鈥30; origin uncertain
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of bludgeon1

C18: of uncertain origin
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鈥淭hings like gay marriage and abortion鈥 鈥 which Democrats used for years as a bludgeon against Republicans 鈥 鈥渁re enshrined in our state Constitution and aren鈥檛 going anywhere,鈥 Shupe said.

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"She was bludgeoned to death for no apparent reason. She'd been handcuffed. Nothing appears to have been stolen from the house and there was no sexual motive."

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A peppy 50s housewife with a black eye has bludgeoned her partner.

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In March 1953, in the company of four men, she participated in the home-invasion robbery of a disabled Burbank widow who was found bludgeoned and strangled.

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Singer Al Jourgensen, leaning against an animal bone statue that served as a mic stand, and his bandmates bludgeoned audiences into submission with their hypnotic heaviness, regularly paying fines for exceeding venue noise limits.

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