Methods used to kill his victims included shooting, bludgeoning with a sledgehammer and explosives. In a rage, Paul kills Martha by bludgeoning her with the blender and strangling her. Several attempts were also made on Bosco's life, including a near-stabbing, bludgeoning and a shooting. A scuffle ensues ending with Boyce bludgeoning Chase to death. Her victims were killed in widely different manners, including bludgeoning, poisoning, and electrocution. Others he killed by slitting their throats or bludgeoning them. Hughes rejected the Latinate and courtly iamb in favour of bludgeoning trochees and spondees. I have to prepare it for them gently, convince without bludgeoning, cajole and seduce. Louis begs for his life but Breda kills him by bludgeoning him with a telephone. Fisher refuses and a fight ensues which ends with Laura bludgeoning Boyd. In 1993, Spivey and her mother Eloise were killed by bludgeoning. He noted that the closest historical precedents are "medieval bludgeoning weapons".