bludgeon (v)

v02505606

type v
lex_filenum 41
def overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club
examples The teacher bludgeoned the students into learning the math formulas
Frame - 30 Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
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Hypernym coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force
Derivationally related form bludgeon → bludgeon
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Derivationally related form bludgeon → bludgeon
Hyponym coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force

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