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bludgeon

1 verb
     
blud‧geon1 [transitive]
1 to hit someone several times with something heavy:
He was bludgeoned to death with a hammer.
2 to force someone to do something by making threats or arguing with them
bludgeon into
I won't let myself be bludgeoned into marriage.
3

bludgeon your way through/to/past etc somebody/something

to get somewhere or achieve something by pushing past other people, or not caring about them
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