Cudgel
Definitions
Equivalents
Examples
“The guard hefted his cudgel menacingly and looked at the inmates.”
“Then they had bouts of wrestling and of cudgel play⟳, so that every day they gained in skill and strength.”
“So when he aroſe, he getteth him a grievous Crab-tree cudgel, and goes down into the Dungeon to them; and there firſt falls to Rateing of them, as if they were dogs: […]”
“As above said, legibility depends also much on the design⟳ of the letter; and again I take⟳ up the cudgels against compressed type⟳, and that especially in Roman letters: […]”
“Mrs. Clinton’s Senate tenure, however, also demonstrated the risks of overcompensation: Not wanting to give⟳ Republicans fodder to portray her as soft on defense, she authorized President Bush to use⟳ force⟳ in Iraq and handed Mr. Obama a political cudgel to use⟳ against her.”
“[Minnesota Senator Steve] Daines isn’t the only example of right-wing politicians who wish⟳ to wield anti-Semitism as a convenient cudgel against their political enemies, with scant if any evidence. But Montana’s vanishingly small Jewish population makes it particularly clear that this strategy has little to do with flesh-and-blood Jews at all.”
“Mr. Cruz has been able to use⟳ his pseudo-intellectualism and his Ivy League pedigree as a cudgel.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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