bludgeon
verb [T] /ˈblʌdʒ.ən/Definition
› to hit someone hard and repeatedly with a heavy weapon: The two boys had been mercilessly bludgeoned to death.Physical and sexual assault and abductionSexual activity in general › to force someone to do something: The children bludgeoned their parents into taking them to the zoo.Causing somebody to actUrging and persuading
(Definition of bludgeon verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a kick up the arse/backside idiom
- arm-twisting noun
- bounce sb into sth phrasal verb
- bulldoze verb
- bully verb
- coerce verb
- coercion noun
- duress noun
- feed sb to the lions idiom
- force sb's hand idiom
- forcible adjective (GIVING NO CHOICE)
- hold sb to ransom idiom
- put the heat on sb idiom
- put/tighten the screws on sb idiom
- railroad verb
- ram sth down sb's throat idiom
- ram sth into sb phrasal verb
- reduce sb to sth phrasal verb
- shanghai verb
- trap verb
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Causing somebody to act
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