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past tense of pound
Synonyms & Antonyms of pounded
1
to move heavily or clumsily
- pounding down the road as fast as he could run
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2
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
- pounding nails into boards all day long
Synonyms for pounded
- 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
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- battered,
- beat,
- buffeted,
- bunged,
- chopped,
- cuffed,
- drubbed,
- laced,
- lambasted,
- licked,
- mangled,
- mauled,
- pelted,
- peppered,
- pommeled
- (or pommelled),
- pummeled
- (also pummelled),
- roughed
- bowled (down or over),
- creamed,
- decked,
- dumped
- [slang],
- felled,
- floored,
- knocked down,
- leveled
- (or levelled)
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3
to strike repeatedly
- during the storm the waves furiously pounded the beach
Synonyms for pounded
- 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
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- 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
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4
to shape with a hammer
- pounding out a depression in the metal
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5
to reduce to fine particles
- the tablet may be pounded and mixed in with the animal's food
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“Pounded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pounded. Accessed 28 Jan. 2022.
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