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.”

verb

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

   “The apprehended rioter was bludgeoned to death.”

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.”

Synonyms: harass, pummel, cudgel