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Meanings of blunt instrument in English

Russian
ударно-раздробляющее оружие
Portuguese
instrumento contundente
Spanish
instrumento contundente
Catalan
arma sense punta

Any solid object used as a weapon.

ударно-раздробляющее оружие
Usage of blunt instrument in English
1
It appeared the victim was struck from behind with a blunt instrument.
Roast mortem
2
Bring on the police-theblunt instrument of the oppressors of the masses...!
Further adventures
3
Detective Inspector Hywel Jones said Mr Brown was attacked with a blunt instrument.
Radio NZ
4
But Crowe wreaks lot of damage with what is essentially a blunt instrument.
News.com.au
5
It is a very blunt instrument that affects the economy as a whole.
Reuters
6
Not even anything heavy enough to pass for a blunt instrument.
The Good, The Bad, and The Uncanny
7
As a measure of academic performance, it is a blunt instrument.
The Irish Times
8
He was bludgeoned with a blunt instrument, believed to be a wheel brace.
The Irish Times
9
An ignorant people is a blunt instrument for its own destruction.
The Hispanic Nations of the New World: A Chronicle of Our Southe...
10
I love you, was like the swing-thud of a blunt instrument.
The Guardian
11
He had been beaten on the head by a blunt instrument.
Death angel
12
Her head had been battered by what appeared to be a blunt instrument.
The Irish Times
13
Mr Dunlop said a bylaw was a blunt instrument that had not worked elsewhere.
Radio NZ
14
Social media is both a blunt instrument and beautiful connection.
Ebony
15
The police report had stated that Morelli had been hit with a blunt instrument.
One for the money
16
This relied on that deliberately blunt instrument favoured by all smearers: guilt by association.
The Guardian
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New Zealand
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
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