to pummel
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6.7
- verb
- /ˈpʌməl/
:
golpear repetidamente
- The bully began to pummel me with his fists on the playground.
- pummel each other
And now I just start getting pummeled by the the guys at school.
- And now I just start getting pummeled by the the guys at school.
- OK, people think that he's a psychopath and he'll use Ukraine to pummel the West.
- They will pummel you and even after you're dead, they will keep pummeling you.
- Narcissistic people pummel, maybe not literally pummel and punch you, but they just keep boom, boom, boom.
- And then when he got to the bottom, this little boy came down there with whatever he had to hand and sort of pummeling him in the face and so forth.
- So if you feel like having your little heart kind of taken out and just pummeled before the coffee gets cold, enjoy.
- We're not just pummeling someone down and down and down for a tragedy to be satisfying.
- And then he just proceeded to just pummel me, pummel me, pummel me, and then he ultimately, you know, escaped.
- But then the problem is if if Iran is getting pummeled to crap so badly, what happens if Russia steps in?
- And I get backed up into the ropes and he is pummeling me and the ref steps in between US and I'm like, Oh no, the fight's over.
- Soft walls that had once held me began to pummel and ripple for what seemed like another forever.
- You know, sometimes the first step to not getting pummeled is to is to pummel is to pummel out of the gate.
Examples
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Every day, growing up in Queens, this guy would pummel me at recess.
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The four boys brutally pummel one another in the middle of the intersection.
Fiction book (1999) -
If we get a big lead, we gotta pummel these guys.
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And then he just proceeded to just pummel me, pummel me, pummel me, and then he ultimately, you know, escaped.
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On the other hand, watching boys pummel each other was proving no cure for a headache.
Fiction book (1992) -
And my mother, my mother was screaming at me on one side and he was pummeling me on the other.
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Louis throws himself on Lestat with extraordinary force, pummeling him towards the trees.
Fiction book (1994) -
"Get out of Morgan!" She pulled her hands apart, made fists, and began pummeling Morgan's chest.
Fiction book (1994) -
Stepping in again, he blocks Peter's punch, then begins furiously throwing leather, pummeling Peter, who goes down.
Fiction book (1996) -
And I get backed up into the ropes and he is pummeling me and the ref steps in between US and I'm like, Oh no, the fight's over.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To strike someone or something with force
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1.2
To hit something or someone again and again, making a rhythm
553
2.4
To hit someone or something with force
455
1.4
To hit someone or something quickly with a closed fist
271
4.1
To attack someone by hitting them again and again to hurt them
198
1.6
To hit something many times to shape or flatten it
187
3.5
To hit something many times so it becomes damaged
164
3.5
To hit someone or something with an open hand
73
2.9
To hit someone or something very hard
57
3.2
To hit something or someone hard and repeatedly
47
2.0
To fight another person using the fists, often as a sport
23
8.8
To hit someone repeatedly with a heavy stick or club
19
7.7
To hit someone or something very hard many times
15
7.6
Hit someone many times until they are badly hurt or win against them very clearly
11
6.0
To hit with a lot of force, often using the arm or an object
7
6.5
Hit someone hard, often as punishment or in a fight
6
7.6
To hit someone or something many times violently
3
3.7
Hit someone or something very hard
1
9.0
Hit someone many times until they are badly hurt
1
9.8
To hit someone or something suddenly and hard, often with your fist
1
6.1
To hit someone quickly in a light, playful way
1
9.3
To hit someone or something again and again with your fists
1
9.5
To hit someone repeatedly and very hard
To hit someone or something very hard, for example with a fist
To hit something hard so it makes a loud sound
To hit someone hard so they fall down
To hit someone many times with a stick
How Hard
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pummel probably comes from copying the quick 'pum-pum' sound of repeated blows, a sound people used to name the act of hitting. So, to pummel something is to 'punch' or hit it again and again.