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noun

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as in thrashing

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verb

present participle of bludgeon

as in smacking

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner remodelers bludgeoned the wall with a sledgehammer to join the two rooms

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as in pounding

to strike repeatedly a boxer bludgeoning his opponent

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Recent Examples of bludgeoning

Noun

Norma Jane Lumpkin, whose long hair hung past her waist, was four decades into a life sentence for her role in the 1981 bludgeoning death of her husband. —

Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026 This game was expected to be a taut preview of the gold-medal game but has turned into a bludgeoning. —

Sean Nevin, NBC news, 10 Feb. 2026 To start the bludgeoning, Aledo quickly established the run game in its opening drive with runs of 30 and 44 yards — that set up a 9 yard rushing TD from quarterback Lincoln Tubbs. —

Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Dec. 2025 Bates announced on Wednesday that Lively was sentenced after he was found guilty of first-degree murder for the fatal bludgeoning and stabbing of 68-year-old John Hall III in Northwest Baltimore City. —

Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025

Verb

Now, the foreign visitors are mostly gone, a lack of jet fuel bludgeoning the critical tourism sector. —

Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026 The wicketkeeper/batter struggled badly through the tournament and looked shorn of confidence even while bludgeoning his way to an unconvincing 25 off 17 balls at the Wankhede Stadium. —

Paul Newman, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026 The 12-30 Nets have lost 11 of their last 13, including a 120-66 bludgeoning against the New York Knicks on Wednesday. —

Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 23 Jan. 2026 As the man turns to leave, all of the gates shut, and a bull comes roaring toward the center, bludgeoning the man to death. —

Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 15 Jan. 2026 Between the late evening hours Friday night and early morning Saturday, two teenagers and their 21-year-old friend allegedly conspired and carried out a brutal bludgeoning murder in Fruita. —

The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, Denver Post, 25 Nov. 2025 Dennis, 53, was convicted of bludgeoning his ex-girlfriend Timwanika Lumpkins and UM linebacker Marlin Barnes to death with a shotgun in 1996. —

Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 21 Nov. 2025 The statement rattles Abbott enough to let his guard down, which is how Nile gets to be on top of him, bludgeoning his head with the back of Abbott’s own gun after strangling him. —

Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025 Most historians believe Gunness would first poison her suitors, then finish them with an ax or by bludgeoning — afterward dismembering the corpses and burying what remained. —

Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bludgeoning

Noun

But because this is a derby, we’re supposed to believe this latest thrashing is a statement.

— Megan Feringa, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
Carrington, who converted a program-record nine 3-pointers in a 90-73 thrashing at Washington on Saturday, was 4 of 8 behind the arc, and sophomore power forward Austin Rapp as 3 of 6.

— Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 4 Mar. 2026