Thesaurus results for PUMMELED

pummeled

verb

variants also pummelled

Definition of pummeled next

past tense of pummel

as in pounded

to strike repeatedly pummeled the mugger with her fists until help arrived

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Recent Examples of pummeled The first baseman got back in the swing of things on the City Series stage Saturday, connecting for two long balls as the White Sox pummeled the Cubs 8-3 in front of a sellout crowd of 38,795 at Rate Field. —

Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2026 But the production crisis, which has rocked Hollywood and pummeled its workforce, has reached a critical juncture. —

Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026 The best players in the world are getting pummeled by this place. —

Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 16 May 2026 Shohei Ohtani had five RBIs, Mookie Betts homered and the Los Angeles Dodgers pummeled the Los Angeles Angels 15-2 on Saturday night for their fourth straight win. —

ABC News, 16 May 2026 Ukraine’s capital and other regions were pummeled overnight by hundreds of Russian drones, as well as ballistic and cruise missiles, the country’s air force said. —

Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 14 May 2026 Consumers are flagging, pummeled by years of high prices and the sense that no one in power really cares. —

Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 14 May 2026 In another tape, also viewed by social workers, Guojun enters a classroom shortly after a teacher has kicked and pummelled his four-year-old son to the ground. —

Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 11 May 2026 The Summit County ski area was blanketed with more than a foot of snow after a late-season storm pummeled the Front Range on Tuesday and Wednesday, resort officials said. —

Katie Langford, Denver Post, 9 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pummeled

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The Rockies pounded Keller for six runs on six hits in the fifth to blow open the game.

— Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 14 May 2026
The United States and Israel pounded Iran with devastating effectiveness for 37 days, killing much of the country’s leadership and destroying the bulk of its military, yet couldn’t collapse the regime or exact even the smallest concession from it.

— Robert Kagan, The Atlantic, 10 May 2026