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Synonyms and Antonyms of pounded
- pounding down the road as fast as he could run
- pounding nails into boards all day long
banged, bashed, batted, belted, biffed, bludgeoned, bobbed, bonked, bopped, boxed, busted (also bust), clapped (also clapt), clipped, clobbered, clocked, clouted, cracked, hammered, hit, knocked, nailed, pasted, punched, rapped, slammed, slapped, slogged, slugged, smacked, smote, socked, struck, swatted, swiped, tagged, thumped, thwacked, walloped, whacked, whaled, zapped
battered, beat, buffeted, bunged, chopped, cuffed, drubbed, laced, lambasted, licked, mangled, mauled, pelted, peppered, pommeled (or pommelled), pummeled (also pummelled), roughed
bunted, flicked, stroked, tapped
bumped, butted, jabbed, jostled, kicked, kneed, poked, prodded, pushed, shoved, stamped
bowled (down or over), creamed, decked, dumped [slang], felled, floored, knocked down, leveled (or levelled)
rabbit-punched, sucker punched
caned, clubbed, cudgeled (or cudgelled), flailed, flogged, lashed, sapped, slashed, sledged, sledgehammered, speared, stabbed, switched, thrashed, whipped
- during the storm the waves furiously pounded the beach
bashed, basted, batted, battered, beat, belabored, belted, birched, bludgeoned, buffeted, bunged up, clubbed, curried, did, drubbed, fibbed [British], flogged, hammered, hided, laced, lambasted, lashed, lathered, licked, mauled, messed (up), paddled, pelted, pommeled (or pommelled), pummeled (also pummelled), punched out, roughed (up), slated, slogged, switched, tanned, thrashed, threshed, thumped, tromped, walloped, whaled, whipped, whopped (or whapped), whupped, worked over
assailed, assaulted, attacked, beset, boxed, busted (also bust), chopped, clobbered, clouted, cracked, cudgeled (or cudgelled), cuffed, descended (on or upon), hit, jumped (on), knocked, laid on, lammed, pasted, pounced (on or upon), punched, raided, rushed, slammed, slapped, smacked, smashed, socked, spanked, stormed, swatted, swiped, thwacked, whacked, whammed, whomped
blackjacked, caned, cowhided, flagellated, fustigated, horsewhipped, leathered, pistol-whipped, rawhided, scourged, strapped
- pounding out a depression in the metal
- the tablet may be pounded and mixed in with the animal's food
broke, busted (also bust), dashed, fractured, fragmented
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