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cudgels

  • present tense form
    of cudgel (3rd person singular).
    cudgel
    noun
    a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club.

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This scene emphasizes the film’s “savor every moment” theme that “We Live in Time” relentlessly cudgels viewers with for 108 endless minutes.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2024

Knowledge advances through the clash of ideas; the contrarian is often the herald of a new insight; labels such as “settled” and “consensus” are the cudgels of fundamentalists.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 3, 2023

While many ad-blocking apps are now basically cudgels that obstruct all ads, he said he expected there would later be “customizable, free ad blockers with a feature that offers a whitelist for some ads.”

From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2015

Carragher takes up the cudgels: “We try to have a theme in every show,” he explains.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 23, 2014

Even the dryads were armed with bows, and the satyrs trotted around with wooden cudgels and shields made of rough tree bark.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan