What does bludgeoning mean?
Bludgeoning means present participle and gerund of bludgeon.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of bludgeon.
In the fell clutch of circumstance / I have not winced nor cried aloud. / Under the bludgeonings of chance / My head is bloody, but unbowed.
There was a motor car behind them now and it blasted into the truck noise and the dust with its klaxon again and again; then flashed on lights that showed the dust like a solid yellow cloud and surged past them in a whining rise of gears and a demanding, threatening, bludgeoning of klaxoning.
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Bludgeoning means present participle and gerund of bludgeon.
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In the fell clutch of circumstance / I have not winced nor cried aloud. / Under the bludgeonings of chance / My head is bloody, but unbowed.
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