PELTED Synonyms: 240 Similar and Opposite Words

pelted

verb

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past tense of pelt

as in scurried

to proceed or move quickly pelted away when the cops arrived

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as in threw

to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm pelted snowballs at each other while waiting for the bus

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as in pounded

to strike repeatedly pelted the other kids with pebbles

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Recent Examples of pelted Dallas pelted Gustavsson during the man advantage, but Minnesota got a high-danger scoring chance as well, only to see Oettinger stuff Nico Sturm on a shorthanded rush to the net. —

Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2026 The ball was pelted to left field at over 400 feet, and their patented celebration ensued. —

Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 16 Mar. 2026 But by nightfall, they were being pelted with burning embers flying through the air in all directions as the flames leaped across the canopy of towering ponderosas. —

New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026 Hail up to the size of tennis balls pelted east Texas. —

Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 15 Mar. 2026 Neupane fed his friend bits of snow to rehydrate while chunks of hard ice from high on the mountain tumbled down and pelted their backs and helmets. —

Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2026 Mamdani was at odds with his own police commissioner about an attack on police that started with cops being pelted by ice and snow balls in their heads and backs – which union officials said were packed with rocks. —

Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 10 Mar. 2026 Jordan High’s campus hasn’t been rocked by explosions, pelted with shrapnel or blanketed in layers of toxic, metallic dust. —

Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026 Two police officers assigned to a park detail went to investigate and were pelted with snowballs, as were other cops called to assist the two officers. —

Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026

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All three Mets runners scored as Baty scurried to third with a triple.

— Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
With Game 3 of the World Series underway at Dodger Stadium last October, a few folks scurried across a pedestrian bridge with LED lights and blue glow sticks.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026