bludgeon Definition

bludgeon
noun

1. A stick or club with a heavy end.
2. Someone or something (eg a method, tactic or line of defence) that is effective but heavy-handed or crude.

verb bludgeoned, bludgeoning

1. To hit someone or something with or as if with a bludgeon.

Thesaurus: beat, club, batter, strike, cudgel.
2. To force or bully them into doing it.

Form: bludgeon someone into something (usually)

Etymology: 18c.