coshes

Strikes with blackjacks

Coshes is the plural of cosh, a British term for a weighted club or bludgeon used as a weapon—what Americans might call a blackjack or sap.

To cosh someone is to strike them with such an object: The thieves coshed the night watchman and made off with the safe.

weapons

bludgeons

Strikes with blunt weapons

batons · saps · nightsticks · cudgels · billy clubs · lead pipes · weighted · concealed · blunt instruments · striking

assault

attacks

Aggressive hostile actions

  • strikesRefusals to work collectively
  • hitsBlows or successes
  • blowsStrikes or expels air

beats · slugs · thumps · whacks · bashes · mugging · robbery · ambush · knocks out · stuns

Opposites
method of attack

coshesstabs

Piercing knife wounds

shoots · guns down · impales · slashes · knifes

violence vs. care

coshesheals

Restores to wellness

protects · nurses · shields · tends · comforts

Family

cosh, coshed

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Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG