pommel
noun
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Definition of pommel
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pommel
verb
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Synonyms for pommel
Synonyms: Verb
bash, baste, bat, batter, beat, belabor, belt, birch, bludgeon, buffet, bung up, club, curry, do, drub, fib [British], flog, hammer, hide, lace, lambaste (or lambast), lash, lather, lick, maul, mess (up), paddle, pelt, pound, pummel, punch out, rough (up), slate, slog, switch, tan, thrash, thresh, thump, tromp, wallop, whale, whip, whop (or whap), whup, work over
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Examples of pommel in a Sentence
Verb
the elderly woman pommeled the would-be thief with her handbag until he begged for mercyRecent Examples on the Web: Noun
His best showings were a third-place tie on pommel (7.0) and a fourth on rings (7.4). — BostonGlobe.com, "2018-19 Boys' Gymnastics All-Scholastics," 10 June 2019 Hilts, pommels, and other details can be customized as well. — Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, "Hands-on with a $434 replica lightsaber: May the dork be with you," 25 Dec. 2018 Hilts and pommels were and are the most common decoration, for dragonglass is too brittle to make a useful crossguard. — Megan Mccluskey, Time, "Breaking Down the Hidden Clues in Samwell Tarly's Citadel Research on Game of Thrones," 17 July 2017Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Not surprisingly, the five fastest serves ever recorded were pommeled by players 6-foot-4 or bigger. — Robbie Gonzalez, WIRED, "How Elite Tennis Players Crank Out Serves at 150 MPH," 12 July 2019 The President’s $17 million home on the island of St. Martin, Le Chateau des Palmiers, was pommeled by Irma days earlier as the then-Category 5 storm wreaked havoc on several Caribbean islands. — Mackenzie Schmidt, PEOPLE.com, "Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club Assesses Damage after Indirect Hit from Hurricane Irma," 12 Sep. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'pommel.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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