bludgeon-n; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: a short thick sick, often weighted, used as a weapon

Commentary: BLUDGEON[+artifact][+weapon][+stick][+short][+heavy]

Examples:
The peasants' only weapons were their scythes and hand-crafted bludgeons.
The autopsy revealed the scull had been fractured with some type of bludgeon.

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: a technique or manner of attacking

Commentary: BLUDGEON[+quality][+manner][+technique][+heavy_handed][+attack]
NOTE: is a figurative, abstract extension of Sense 1

Examples:
The playwright used the twin bludgeons of ridicule and sarcasm to make his points.
Her weekly column contains rhetorical bludgeons to discredit those with whom she disagrees.

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WordNet 0.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: none of the above

Commentary: Automatically generated NOTA sense (bbn)

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