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pummeled the mugger with her fists until help arrived
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Rain pummeled my Ford Escape for most of the seven-hour drive from Columbus that late September evening in 2015.
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Brad Ryan, PEOPLE, 13 June 2026
First baseman Christian Walker pummeled a home run after Álvarez, giving the Astros back-to-back first-inning jacks.
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Hurricane Fiona pummeled Puerto Rico in September 2022 as a Category 1 storm, lashing once more a power grid that hadn’t been rebuilt from Hurricane Maria.
—ABC News, 12 June 2026
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Brad Ryan, PEOPLE, 13 June 2026
First baseman Christian Walker pummeled a home run after Álvarez, giving the Astros back-to-back first-inning jacks.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026
Hurricane Fiona pummeled Puerto Rico in September 2022 as a Category 1 storm, lashing once more a power grid that hadn’t been rebuilt from Hurricane Maria.
—ABC News, 12 June 2026
With a pummelling rhythm and howling guitar, the new song from fata morgana makes a desperate race against the doom loop.
—Harry Tafoya, Pitchfork, 10 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for pummel
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“Pummel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pummel. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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pummel
verb
pum·mel
ˈpəm-əl 
pummeled or pummelled; pummeling or pummelling
-(ə-)liŋ
1
: pound entry 3 sense 2a, beat
knead and pummel the dough
2
: to defeat decisively
pummeled the competition
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