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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

After making landfall, the typhoon weakened to a severe tropical storm, but it is still pummelling its way north-east.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2024

After pummelling Greece last week, Storm Daniel swept in over the Mediterranean on Sunday, swamping roads and destroying buildings in Derna, and hitting other settlements along the coast, including Libya's second biggest city of Benghazi.

From Reuters • Sep. 12, 2023

Sinking his fingers into nothing—a shadow boxer pummelling frenziedly at space.

From Fantazius Mallare A Mysterious Oath by Smith, Wallace