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pummel Definition

pum·mel (puməl)

transitive verb -·meled or -·melled, -·mel·ing or -·mel·ling

to beat or hit with repeated blows, esp. with the fist

Etymology: < pommel

pummel Synonyms

pummel

v.

beat, pound, trounce; see beat 1, 2, hit 1. See syn. study at beat.

pummel Usage Examples

Object

  • stick: Now you can relieve this lunacy courtesy of these pummel sticks, which are loads of fun!
  • riff: Which brings us to Suicide Dream, whose powerful heavy rock has a natural gravity bolstered by pummeled riffs and brooding presence.
  • round: The stump was let into the ground about three feet, and well pummel round to prevent the bull from drawing it.
  • drive: The intricate, rumbling bludgeon of ' Becoming The Dragon ' has a pummeling, cyclical rhythmic drive and soaring, left-of-centre chorus.
  • state: SchNEWS 414, 11th July, 2003 GAM SHOW Massacre in Aceh, ( Indonesia again pummels state wanting independence with British arms ).
  • eardrum: As soon as I pressed play I found my eardrums pummeled until only dust remained.

Subject

wave: Yet walk in breakfast and morning courses up the pummeled by waves.

Preposition: into

submission: This as opposed to the combined Arab forces that Israel pummel into submission in 6 days in 1967.

Preposition: by

wave: Yet walk in breakfast and morning courses up the pummeled by waves.

Modifying Another Word

  • then: You create creatures, spells or enchantments, and then pummel your opponents with them.
  • away: But as Dave presses and pummels away, I realize I'm in the hands of someone who knows their stuff.
  • just: Ponting has just pummel a huge six over deep square leg.
  • relentlessly: Nikki the Slayer has the advantage as she sits on top of Spike, relentlessly pummeling the vampire.
  • continually: Yep, you guessed it, by continually pummeling the rival into a metal pulp.

Browse dictionary entries near pummel

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  8. pulverizable
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