Usually means: Tool used to hit forcefully.
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  1. blunt instrument: Merriam-Webster
  2. blunt instrument: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. blunt instrument: Collins English Dictionary
  4. blunt instrument: Wiktionary
  5. Blunt instrument: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. blunt instrument: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Definitions from Wiktionary (blunt instrument)

noun:  (literally) An object lacking sharp surfaces, especially as used to cause injury.
noun:  (figuratively) A thing, person, method, or resource which is not sufficiently precise or not sufficiently effective for its intended role or use.

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