How do you spell "bludgeon"?
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Bludgeon
//ˈblʊd͡ʒ.ən//
Synonyms for "bludgeon" (60 found)
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Closest matches (12)
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Related words (30)
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11 entriesTranslations
85 translations across 32 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- هِرَاوَة noun (short heavy club)
- يَهْرِي verb (to club, hit with a bludgeon)
Armenian
1 entries- մահակ noun (short heavy club)
Belarusian
3 entries- даўбе́шка noun (short heavy club)
- дручо́к noun (short heavy club)
- дубі́нка noun (short heavy club)
Bulgarian
1 entries- къса сопа noun (short heavy club)
Catalan
4 entries- apallissar verb (to club, hit with a bludgeon)
- atupar verb (to club, hit with a bludgeon)
- bastonejar verb (to club, hit with a bludgeon)
- colpejar verb (to club, hit with a bludgeon)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 棍棒 noun (short heavy club)
- 棍打 verb (to club, hit with a bludgeon)
- 逼迫 verb (to force upon)
Czech
1 entries- obušek noun (short heavy club)
Dutch
3 entries- knuppel noun (short heavy club)
- afdwingen verb (to force upon)
- neerknuppelen verb (to club, hit with a bludgeon)
Finnish
3 entries- nuija noun (short heavy club)
- jyrätä verb (to force upon)
- nuijia verb (to club, hit with a bludgeon)
French
3 entries- matraque noun (short heavy club)
- matraquer verb (to club, hit with a bludgeon)
- soutirer verb (to force upon)
Galician
4 entries- acotante noun (short heavy club)
- cacheiro noun (short heavy club)
- moca noun (short heavy club)
- pertego noun (short heavy club)
Georgian
1 entries- ლახტი noun (short heavy club)
German
4 entries- Knüppel noun (short heavy club)
- aufzwingen verb (to force upon)
- knüppeln verb (to club, hit with a bludgeon)
- niederknüppeln verb (to club, hit with a bludgeon)
Hungarian
4 entries- bunkósbot noun (short heavy club)
- furkósbot noun (short heavy club)
- fütykös noun (short heavy club)
- husáng noun (short heavy club)
Irish
1 entries- smachtín noun (short heavy club)
Italian
1 entries- mazza noun (short heavy club)
Japanese
2 entries- 棍棒 noun (short heavy club)
- 殴る verb (to club, hit with a bludgeon)
Kyrgyz
4 entries- келтек noun (short heavy club)
- союл noun (short heavy club)
- таяк noun (short heavy club)
- келтекте verb (to club, hit with a bludgeon)
Latgalian
2 entries- bulstaks noun (short heavy club)
- vāza noun (short heavy club)
Latvian
1 entries- runga noun (short heavy club)
Māori
2 entries- hauhau noun (short heavy club)
- timo noun (short heavy club)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- klubbe noun (short heavy club)
- klubbe verb (to club, hit with a bludgeon)
- klubbe ned verb (to club, hit with a bludgeon)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- klubbe noun (short heavy club)
- klubbe verb (to club, hit with a bludgeon)
Polish
4 entries- maczuga noun (short heavy club)
- pałka noun (short heavy club)
- przymusić verb (to force upon)
- przymuszać verb (to force upon)
Portuguese
1 entries- clava noun (short heavy club)
Russian
3 entries- дуби́на noun (short heavy club)
- дуби́нка noun (short heavy club)
- па́лица noun (short heavy club)
Sanskrit
1 entries- गदा noun (short heavy club)
Slovak
1 entries- obušok noun (short heavy club)
Spanish
4 entries- cachiporra noun (short heavy club)
- clava noun (short heavy club)
- garrote noun (short heavy club)
- maza noun (short heavy club)
Swedish
3 entries- klubba noun (short heavy club)
- klubba verb (to club, hit with a bludgeon)
- klubba till verb (to club, hit with a bludgeon)
Turkish
1 entries- sopa noun (short heavy club)
Ukrainian
4 entries- дрючо́к noun (short heavy club)
- дубе́ць noun (short heavy club)
- кийо́к noun (short heavy club)
- па́лиця noun (short heavy club)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
We smashed the radio with a steel bludgeon.
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The apprehended rioter was bludgeoned to death.
Source: wiktionary
They didn't get shot to death in hold-ups, strangled to death in rapes, stabbed to death in saloons, bludgeoned to death with axes by parents or children or die summarily by some other act of God.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.