bludgeoned
Beaten with force
Bludgeoned is the past tense of bludgeon, meaning to strike repeatedly with a heavy object: The victim had been bludgeoned to death with a pipe.
Figuratively, to bludgeon is to coerce or overwhelm through relentless pressure: They bludgeoned him into signing the contract.
Having lost a contest
- clubbedStruck with heavy object
- struckPast tense of hitting
- pummeledStruck many times
- attackedActed aggressively against
assaulted · hammered · thrashed · battered · cudgeled · smashed · clobbered · brutalized
Defeated by sheer volume
- bombardedAttacked with heavy fire
- poundedStruck hard, repeatedly
- hammeredSeverely intoxicated or pounded
- assailedAttacked with force
barraged · inundated · crushed · beaten down · relentless · exhausted · pressured · worn down
Acted aggressively against
- savagedAttacked with ferocity
- slammedClosed with violent force
- lambastedCriticized very harshly
- excoriatedHarshly condemned or criticized
denounced · pilloried · eviscerated · demolished · torn apart · harsh · review · critics
beaten
Having lost a contest
attacked · assaulted · hammered · thrashed · battered · cudgeled · smashed · clobbered · brutalized · maimed
overwhelmed
Defeated by sheer volume
- bombardedAttacked with heavy fire
- poundedStruck hard, repeatedly
- hammeredSeverely intoxicated or pounded
assailed · barraged · inundated · crushed · beaten down · relentless · exhausted · pressured · worn down · defeated
attacked
Acted aggressively against
excoriated · denounced · pilloried · eviscerated · demolished · torn apart · harsh · review · critics · press