bludgeoners
Those wielding clubs
Bludgeoners are people who beat others with a heavy club or similar blunt weapon.
The term extends to anyone who attacks with overwhelming, unsubtle force—whether physical or rhetorical: The bludgeoners of public discourse leave no room for nuance.
People who attack others
- attackersThose launching offensive action
- muggersViolent street robbers
- thugsViolent criminals
- hoodlumsYoung criminal troublemakers
criminals · felons · gangsters · mobsters · ruffians · hooligans · bandits · raiders
Strike repeatedly with fists
- batterUncooked cake mixture
- bashForceful striking blow
- smashBreak violently apart
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
thrash · wallop · pound · maul · strike · club · clobber · pulverize
Heavy striking sticks
- cudgelsShort heavy clubs
- batonsHandheld directing sticks
- truncheonsShort police clubs
- nightsticksPolice striking implements
shillelaghs · coshes · blackjacks · maces · hammers · mallets · bats · pipes
assailants
People who attack others
hoodlums · criminals · felons · gangsters · mobsters · ruffians · hooligans · bandits · raiders · intruders
pummel
Strike repeatedly with fists
beat · thrash · wallop · pound · maul · strike · club · clobber · pulverize · hammer
clubs
Heavy striking sticks
- cudgelsShort heavy clubs
- batonsHandheld directing sticks
- truncheonsShort police clubs
nightsticks · shillelaghs · coshes · blackjacks · maces · hammers · mallets · bats · pipes · crowbars
savage
Fierce and untamed
ruthless · pitiless · heartless · remorseless · callous · bloodthirsty · brutish · sadistic · ferocious · barbaric