POUNDED Synonyms: 255 Similar and Opposite Words

pounded

verb

past tense of pound

as in stomped

to move heavily or clumsily pounding down the road as fast as he could run

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as in smacked

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner pounding nails into boards all day long

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as in licked

to strike repeatedly during the storm the waves furiously pounded the beach

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as in drew

to shape with a hammer pounding out a depression in the metal

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as in crushed

to reduce to fine particles the tablet may be pounded and mixed in with the animal's food

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Recent Examples of pounded The Pittsburgh area was hit hard by severe weather on Sunday evening, with the National Weather Service issuing multiple tornado warnings as heavy wind and rain pounded the region. —

Michael Guise, CBS News, 14 June 2026 Waves are not expected to be as big as those that pounded the shore last week and led to the deaths of two people. —

Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2026 Israel carried out an extensive bombing campaign that pounded parts of Beirut’s southern suburbs and followed with a ground incursion along the Lebanon-Israel border. —

Zac Anderson, USA Today, 14 June 2026 Crow-Armstrong flailed and pounded the offering into the ground. —

Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 8 June 2026 Every stretch had brought its own challenges, but these past few days had been especially brutal, the crewmembers fording streams, inching through hub-deep mud, sleeping in the car, dodging hail under rubber blankets, catching a night’s rest at a farmhouse as violent rain pounded the roof. —

Eric Moskowitz, The Atlantic, 31 May 2026 Haitian konpa music pounded as fans danced to the rhythm and children passed around soccer balls. —

Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 May 2026 At least 14 people were killed today as the Israeli military pounded Tyre in southern Lebanon. —

Kyla Guilfoil, NBC news, 29 May 2026 Fighter jets roared overhead, and air strikes pounded the surrounding hillsides, sending up thick plumes of acrid smoke. —

Euan Ward, New Yorker, 29 May 2026

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On Monday night, a 39-year-old man wearing a Spurs jersey was stomped and punched after Game 3 while walking down West 47th Street, about 15 blocks from the arena.

— Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 14 June 2026
It's been 33 years since Jurassic Park first stomped into theaters, and blockbusters haven't been the same since.

— Huntley Woods, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026