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pummelling

VERB

beat, pommel

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bash batter crush flog knock lash maul pelt punch smack thrash trounce wallop whip

STRONG

belt clout club cudgel hammer hit lick mash pound ram slug strike swat whale wham

WEAK

let one have it

Antonyms

STRONGEST

compliment fail lose praise surrender

STRONG

tap

Example Sentences

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“Artificial Angels” captures the pummelling wrongness of internet-assisted living in 2025.

From Salon • Nov. 7, 2025

They exorcised those ghosts, pummelling away with gainline dominance and ambition out the back and out wide.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2025

One insider described his role as "pummelling the policy" then "serving it up" to the committee for them to transform it into something that is palatable to parliament.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2024

"Well, not you, perhaps—not yet a bit, seeing you are only a little tomboy sort of thing——" "Thing! how dare you!" cried Tommy, pummelling her uncle's leg.

From The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas by Strang, Mrs. Herbert