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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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Take an incident in late 2023, when environmental protesters pelted O’Leary with a pie in his face—an episode the CEO credits with spurring a 6% rise in bookings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

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

From Slate • Jan. 20, 2026

He said he felt "uncomfortable and unsafe" and that the Mosque had been pelted with eggs on one of the protest days.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025

But none of that matters when you’re playing a gig and being pelted with beer in Manchester or tomatoes in Birmingham, or if a club’s in-house sound dude pushes back against the band’s specific requests.

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2025

An airliner some thirty miles away reported being pelted with rocks.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson