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pelted

VERB

beat; throw hard

Synonyms

STRONGEST

assail batter bombard hurl pepper pummel shower

STRONG

belabor belt career cast charge dash hammer knock lapidate pound pour rain rush shoot sling speed stone strike swat tear thrash wallop

Antonyms

STRONG

lose slow tap

Example Sentences

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The funniest moment comes when quarterback Dak Prescott enters the room and immediately gets pelted by paper cups as his teammates shout, “Tylers only!”

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

Alas, Mr. Powell and his colleagues overcame their hesitation this time and we all got pelted with dots.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

But his small group was quickly overwhelmed—and pelted with water balloons.

From Slate • Jan. 20, 2026

The most viral moment came when Joe Wilkinson was giving a mock-serious speech about the RNLI, only to be pelted with a giant ball of pink paint, for no apparent reason.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025

Could I but have stiffened to the still frost—the friendly numbness of death—it might have pelted on; I should not have felt it; but my yet living flesh shuddered at its chilling influence.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë