bludgeon
noun
a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
had been bludgeoning
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past perfect progressiveof bludgeon.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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The US entered the war in 1917 - almost three years after European powers had been bludgeoning themselves to near destruction.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2017
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