POMMELLING Synonyms: 148 Similar and Opposite Words

pommeling 1 of 2

noun

variants or pommelling

as in attack

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pommeling

2 of 2

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

While a ground operation would be complex, the ISIS report pointed out several possible avenues for attack.

— Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
That case focused mostly on the details of the knife attack itself; the federal one delves more into questions of motive.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026

Definition of attack

Verb

That means no tasting cookie dough made with raw eggs, no licking brownie batter off the beaters, and no homemade Caesar dressing made with uncooked yolks.

— Angela Haupt, Time, 23 July 2026
Other signs of stress included head shaking, licking its lips, yawning, or scratching behind the ears.

— Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 20 July 2026

Definition of licking

Noun

Prosecutors said the elder Gray gave his son the assault-style rifle used to open fire at the school.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026
City Councilmember Rowena Brown said she was punched, choked and dragged by her hair through her downtown Oakland apartment over the weekend by an acquaintance who is now charged with felony counts of assault, robbery and false imprisonment.

— Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 23 July 2026

Definition of assault

Verb

Little does Sinon know, Odysseus and his men are hiding inside the horse to launch a sneak attack on Troy.

— Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 19 July 2026
The philosopher Michael Sandel (Rhodes Scholar, Harvard professor) accuses elites of hiding their privilege behind spurious claims of merit.

— Gilad Edelman, The Atlantic, 19 July 2026

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Noun

Unlike my original e-bike, the Huffy includes metal fenders, a metal chain guard, and a battery that can charge in or out of the bike - all for a third of the price of my old bike.

— William Roberson, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
At launch, the Range Rover GT will be a full battery electric vehicle, but the company has plans to add a hybrid EV version to the mix as well.

— Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2026

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Verb

For much of the ’80s, Teresa Taylor (aka Teresa Nervosa) joined up as a second drummer, pounding tribal beats beside Coffey, and became a Gen-X icon after appearing in the 1990 film Slacker.

— Steve Appleford, SPIN, 20 July 2026
After pounding his drive down the final fairway, Fox hit his approach to just inside 12 feet and then dripped his birdie putt into the edge of the cup to win the 154th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale.

— Dan Zaksheske, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2026

Definition of pounding

Noun

For the last three decades, the division has investigated allegations of police misconduct, authority it was granted by Congress after the 1991 beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles Police Department officers.

— Ben Wieder, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026
When giant hailstones start falling, or howling winter winds threaten to tear solar panels from the roof, the unprotected modules can do nothing but take the beating.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026

Definition of beating

Verb

Relentless rains were lashing Texas Hill Country on Thursday, with flash flood emergencies reported across the region, rescues ongoing and waters rising to deadly levels.

— Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 16 July 2026
Julian Quinones — Mexico/Al Qadsiah (-7) Quinones took his World Cup goal tally to four by lashing a loose ball into the roof of the net against England.

— Liam Twomey, New York Times, 16 July 2026

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