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noun

variants or pommelling
as in attack

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verb

variants or pommelling
present participle of pommel
as in licking
to strike repeatedly the elderly woman pommeled the would-be thief with her handbag until he begged for mercy

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pommeling
  1. attack
  2. licking
  3. assault
  4. hiding
  5. battery
  6. pounding
  7. beating
  8. lashing
Noun
  • On three separate occasions in the past week, Ukraine didn’t receive early warnings about missile attacks.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 21 Oct. 2026
  • OpenCode had been running its defense with an OpenAI model, which started to refuse its requests in the middle of the attack.
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of attack
Verb
  • Teams have to be licking their chops after seeing what Tampa Bay did to Dallas last Thursday night, especially considering the defense (or lack thereof) that the Cowboys have shown through five weeks.
    — Jonathan Rubin, Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Carter is licking his wounds after the rest of the tribe sent Ana home in a blindside.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of licking
Noun
  • Mace and Bryant were not yet engaged at the time of the October 2018 assault.
    — MEG KINNARD, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
  • On Tuesday, the DA’s Office charged Gonzalez with assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury, elder abuse, vandalism and battery.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of assault
Verb
  • The Manhunters rebelled against the Guardians, and most were killed; the sole survivor is hiding out in Rushville disguised as a human.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026
  • But this is in fact the opportunity hiding inside the greatest technological acceleration of our lifetimes.
    — Matt Alt, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of hiding
Noun
  • SpaceX’s planned orbital data centers, meanwhile, could potentially benefit from access to Tesla’s battery and energy storage products.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The single-seat aircraft weighs about 253 pounds with batteries and includes a ballistic parachute and an automatic landing function.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of battery
Verb
  • Strong winds, pounding seas and coastal flood threats will be near-constant companions for parts of North Carolina up through the Chesapeake Bay area this weekend as a nor’easter that’s expected to linger well into next week starts to take shape.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
  • You were expected, at the very least, to put up a good fight, and the dance could get real ugly real quick—I’ve witnessed aunties and uncles pounding their fists on the table in a yelling war and checks being ripped straight down the middle.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of pounding
Noun
  • The arrests were related to the beating of a Washington Post photographer and an alleged assault on European diplomats, Israeli authorities said.
    — Suheir Hashimeh, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The prosecutor argued the beatings basically never stopped, claiming footage showed nannies beating one child, then turning their violence toward any of the other toddlers who wept while watching.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of beating
Verb
  • Most of the students were accused of minor offenses, like making threats, using cannabis vapes or lashing out at classmates or teachers, the analysis found.
    — Kristian Hernández, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • More students ages 10 to 13 are ending up in the justice system after vaping, making threats and lashing out at school.
    — Rosie Cima, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of lashing
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