All bludgeoning synonyms

verb bludgeoning

• tan — to convert (a hide) into leather, especially by soaking or steeping in a bath prepared from tanbark or synthetically.
• hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
• trash — anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
• punish — to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal.
• whale — any of the larger marine mammals of the order Cetacea, especially as distinguished from the smaller dolphins and porpoises, having a fishlike body, forelimbs modified into flippers, and a head that is horizontally flattened.
• lather — a worker who puts up laths.
• chastise — If you chastise someone, you speak to them angrily or punish them for something wrong that they have done.
• switch — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
• birch — A birch or a birch tree is a type of tall tree with thin branches.
• whomp — a loud, heavy blow, slap, bang, or the like: He fell with an awful whomp.
• ferule — a ring or cap, usually of metal, put around the end of a post, cane, or the like, to prevent splitting.
• larrup — to beat or thrash.
• lord it over — (Idiomatic) VT To behave as if one is in control of; to make a display of having an advantage over or superiority to.
• push around — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
• bowl over — To bowl someone over means to push into them and make them fall to the ground.
• twist someone's arm — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
• rake over the coals — a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel. Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
• scathe — to attack with severe criticism.
• read the riot act — an English statute of 1715 providing that if 12 or more persons assemble unlawfully and riotously, to the disturbance of the public peace, and refuse to disperse upon proclamation they shall be considered guilty of felony.
• rip into — to cut or tear apart in a rough or vigorous manner: to rip open a seam; to rip up a sheet.
• knock about — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
• knock around — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
• take care of — a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern: He was never free from care.
• work over — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.