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as in thumped
to strike repeatedly
pummeled the mugger with her fists until help arrived
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Recent Examples of pummeled
Fans chanted for Jimmy Uso as he was being pummeled by Bronson Reed.
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Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Patel gets mad Patel, who had been getting pummeled by Democrats for nearly four hours, lost his calm demeanor.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The Padres pummelled starter German Marquez to take a 7-0 lead after three innings.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 14 Sep. 2025
It’s been pummeled by wrestling and rock ‘n roll—and lived to tell about it.
—Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
August's heavy rainfall pummeled the greater Milwaukee area, destroying 51 homes, displacing nearly 50 people, damaging 4,500 residential and commercial buildings and causing at least $76 million in property damage.
—Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Destructive winds and flooding rain also pummeled the state’s peninsula.
—Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Emergency responders urged people on Lake Norman to seek cover, as storms with hail and strong winds pummeled parts of the Charlotte area on Saturday.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 6 Sep. 2025
While those at the bottom of the corporate ladder—Gen Z—are being pummeled by AI, CEOs are embracing the technology.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Patel gets mad Patel, who had been getting pummeled by Democrats for nearly four hours, lost his calm demeanor.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The Padres pummelled starter German Marquez to take a 7-0 lead after three innings.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 14 Sep. 2025
It’s been pummeled by wrestling and rock ‘n roll—and lived to tell about it.
—Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
August's heavy rainfall pummeled the greater Milwaukee area, destroying 51 homes, displacing nearly 50 people, damaging 4,500 residential and commercial buildings and causing at least $76 million in property damage.
—Steven Martinez, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Destructive winds and flooding rain also pummeled the state’s peninsula.
—Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Emergency responders urged people on Lake Norman to seek cover, as storms with hail and strong winds pummeled parts of the Charlotte area on Saturday.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 6 Sep. 2025
While those at the bottom of the corporate ladder—Gen Z—are being pummeled by AI, CEOs are embracing the technology.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pummeled
Verb
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The music thumped away, though at reduced volume, the bats performed their acrobatics over the pool, the hash pipe glowed, people began to yawn.—
T. Coraghessan Boyle,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
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England, who have not been defeated in three years, thumped the United States 69-7.—
Caoimhe O'Neill,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Coen repeatedly pounded his chest, seemingly signaling that Lawrence needed to hit his receivers lower.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Eighteen students who fled from the shooting took shelter at a home just down the road, after an initial group of them pounded on the door asking for help, resident Don Cygan told 9News.—
Katie Langford,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Show Viz Nuno Espirito Santo’s Nottingham Forest had counter-attacking licked.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
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The afternoon sun licked the windscreen of the car, and the heat boiled my skin.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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With notes of caramel, maple sugar, and whipped coconut, Ellis Brooklyn’s latest launch proves that sweet can still be sophisticated.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
12 Sep. 2025
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As the winds whipped across the seaside links-style layout, the competition heated up.—
Tim Corlett,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Get too close to the smoke billowing out of the preseason hype machine, and you might get pelted by a gear or screw spewing from the engine.—
David Ubben,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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Gitschlag, like the racers and many of the spectators, was pelted mercilously as squirt guns and water balloons created a crossfire across Campau.—
M.L. Elrick,
Freep.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Ma slapped me and was right to do so.—
Anahid Nersessian,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Baltimore Ravens star quarterback Lamar Jackson apologized for pushing a fan, who slapped his helmet following a touchdown in the 41-40 loss to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday night.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Captured on live television, rioters attacked the Capitol and breached the Senate floor.—
Chris Boyette,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
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In 1986, Iranian warplanes attacked Emirati oil platforms off the coast of the capital, Abu Dhabi.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Elon Musk had steadily held his spot at the top of the billionaires list for nearly a year straight before Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison briefly knocked him from the throne last week.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
18 Sep. 2025
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These beams knocked boron atoms out of ultrathin sheets of boron nitride.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Pummeled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pummeled. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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