godan verb (-ru)
hit with a club; club; strike with a stick
Literal action of striking someone or something with a club or stick. The phrase is a fixed collocation of 棒 (stick/club) + で (instrumental) + 殴る (to hit/strike).
強盗は店員を棒で殴った。
The robber hit the store clerk with a club.
彼は怒って相手を棒
He got angry and tried to strike his opponent with a stick.