POMMELLING Synonyms: 148 Similar and Opposite Words

pommeling 1 of 2

noun

variants or pommelling

as in attack

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pommeling

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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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Noun

Russia's overnight attack on Ukraine included anti-ship missiles, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and more than 200 drones, Ukraine's air force said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
The platform largely automated the rest of the attack process as well.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of attack

Verb

In the post, Wouter was pictured wearing a dog cone, which is used to prevent pets from licking, chewing or scratching surgical sites or wounds.

— Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Baldwin’s post featured a video of the dog licking a cherry ice pop and looking at the rain.

— Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of licking

Noun

Fields was allegedly unhappy about Ezukanma playing better than him in practice before the assault, a TCU police officer wrote in his arrest warrant affidavit.

— Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Sep. 2026
Police did not immediately provide additional details about what led to the assault or Warren’s relationship to the three victims.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of assault

Verb

Just as O’Malley and Rahill’s work is infatuated with toxic masculinity and fratty hopecore, Bensinger’s is obsessed with sheepish dude-empaths hiding beneath layers of uneasy bravado.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
The pursuit eventually led officers into the forest outside Sacramento, where 44-year-old Derek Spencer held them at bay by hiding and firing from behind a berm until he was shot and killed, authorities said.

— Breaking News, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026

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Factory targets European automakers CATL announced the Debrecen project in August 2022 as its second European battery plant after its facility in Germany.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
Both promise solid battery life and snappy performance for everyday tasks.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Sep. 2026

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Verb

An early fall nor’easter is gathering strength along the central East Coast, pounding beaches in several states with heavy surf and threatening to bring coastal flooding, wind and rain to parts of the Northeast through the weekend.

— Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026
Chappell Roan’s theatrical delivery rises alongside pounding drums and bright synths, transforming self-discovery into a full-room celebration.

— Brittney Williams, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of pounding

Noun

Ning Xu of Tsinghua University in Beijing beat out 346 other video entries from 40 different countries with his super-resolution video (above) of the abnormal beating of cilia in the airways of a child with a rare genetic respiratory disorder.

— Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2026
At the two-week trial, three victims recounted beatings while suspended from pipes on the ceiling and the use of a device that folded their bodies in half at the waist.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of beating

Verb

These are just two of the many scenes of destruction the hurricane has left in Hawaii after lashing the state’s western islands with heavy rain, widespread flooding and tropical-storm-force winds on Monday and Tuesday.

— Liz Kreutz, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026
This week’s meeting of G20 finance ministers underscored rising global trade tensions, with several countries, including the US, lashing out at China.

— Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026

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