overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club; "The teacher bludgeoned the students into learning the math formulas"
If someone bludgeons you into doing something, they make you do it by behaving aggressively. Their approach simply bludgeons you into submission = bulldoze. a heavy stick with a thick end, used as a weapon
a club used as a weapon overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club; "The teacher bludgeoned the students into learning the math formulas
To bludgeon someone means to hit them several times with a heavy object. He broke into the old man's house and bludgeoned him with a hammer A wealthy businessman has been found bludgeoned to death