See bludgeon on Wiktionary
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gùn dǎ",
"sense": "to club, hit with a bludgeon",
"word": "棍打"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to club, hit with a bludgeon",
"word": "neerknuppelen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to club, hit with a bludgeon",
"word": "nuijia"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to club, hit with a bludgeon",
"word": "matraquer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to club, hit with a bludgeon",
"word": "niederknüppeln"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to club, hit with a bludgeon",
"word": "knüppeln"
},
{
"alt": "なぐる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "naguru",
"sense": "to club, hit with a bludgeon",
"word": "殴る"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "tayakta",
"sense": "to club, hit with a bludgeon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "таякта"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "keltekte",
"sense": "to club, hit with a bludgeon",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "келтекте"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to club, hit with a bludgeon",
"word": "klubbe"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to club, hit with a bludgeon",
"word": "klubbe ned"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to club, hit with a bludgeon",
"word": "klubbe"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to club, hit with a bludgeon",
"word": "walnąć"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to club, hit with a bludgeon",
"word": "aporrear"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bīpò",
"sense": "to force upon",
"word": "逼迫"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to force upon",
"word": "afdwingen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to force upon",
"word": "jyrätä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to force upon",
"word": "soutirer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to force upon",
"word": "aufzwingen"
}
],
"word": "bludgeon"
}
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