pummel
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Synonyms for pummel
Synonyms
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, pommel, pound, 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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And yet, de Bary and co-writer Elias Belkeddar continuously pummel their antihero into the ground for a reason, because the problem with Adrien isn’t that his life isn’t great — whose is? — Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, "'My Days of Glory' ('Mes jours de gloire'): Film Review | Venice 2019," 31 Aug. 2019 The man’s wife pummeled the bear with a baseball bat, forcing the sow and her cub to flee the home. — Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post, "Evidence confirms euthanized bear was involved in Jeffco attack," 28 Aug. 2019 The ball pummels a triangle of 10 pins, which clatter like startled geese. — Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com, "Flagler Village: New bars, restaurants invade funky Fort Lauderdale village," 23 Aug. 2019 Referee Harvey Dock had stepped in to protect the Panamanian fighter as Davis pummeled him along the ropes. — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, "Gervonta Davis has dream return to Baltimore, retains world title by TKO at Royal Farms Arena," 28 July 2019 The storm system, which began Friday and continued into Sunday, pummeled the state with fierce winds, lightning and rains, knocking out power to homes and businesses. — Amy Huschka, Detroit Free Press, "DTE Energy: 97% of customers have power restored," 24 July 2019 Finally putting together a string of base hits with runners in scoring position, the Brewers pummeled the Atlanta Braves, 13-1, at Miller Park, washing away a flood of frustrations from recent weeks. — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Brewers 13, Braves 1: After weeks of mounting frustrations, offense finally breaks loose," 16 July 2019 Over the weekend, two days of powerful thunderstorms pummeled southern Connecticut downing trees and power lines. — Kathleen Mcwilliams, courant.com, "Man killed by falling tree limb in Fairfield," 1 July 2019 Most of the casualties have been caused by Russian and Syrian airstrikes, which have pummeled towns and villages far from the front lines. — Liz Sly, Washington Post, "U.N. to investigate accusations that Russia, Syria are deliberately targeting hospitals," 1 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'pummel.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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