[n] a club used as a weapon [v] strike with a club or a bludgeon [v] overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club; "The teacher bludgeoned the students into learning the math formulas"
club
bat, baton, be imminent, billy, billy club, blackjack, bluster, bluster out of, bounce, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, bullyrag, club, coerce, comminate, cow, demoralize, denounce, dragoon, forebode, harass, hector, hijack, huff, intimidate, look threatening,