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 chicken is pounded thin before cooking and, at Le Flâneur, is served with Picholine olives, tomato, arugula, and Parmesan. — Colleen McNally Arnett, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2026 Russian overnight strikes also pounded western Ukraine, though there were no immediate reports of casualties. — ABC News, 13 Sep. 2026 Yes, the Hurricanes pounded the Canadiens’ defence on the forecheck. — Arpon Basu, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026 Kyiv has pounded Russian refineries, forcing Moscow to ban diesel exports. — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2026 The hurricane brought heavy downpours, high surf and hurricane-force wind gusts that pounded both islands, knocking out power and flooding roads. — Nicholas Grondin, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2026 Ukraine has also battered Russian oil facilities while Russia has pounded Ukraine’s power grid ahead of winter. — Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026 Floods of ‘destructive force’ blast through the canyon As the rain pounded the canyon Saturday, park officials received an alert from the National Weather Service warning of flash flooding in the area. — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2026 Of course, Democrats still pounded hard on the fact that Medicaid funding would be decreasing. — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026

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Letter writers recalled how Paden saved his father’s life when a cow nearly stomped him to death in a field, after the elder Paden came between the cow and her calf.

— Glenn Rice, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026
The Bulldogs visit Arkansas, which just got stomped by Utah, to open SEC play Saturday.

— Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of stomped

Verb

Contreras smacked Young’s sinker 403 feet to left to lead off the fourth for his 18th homer.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026
That stretch started with the doubleheader sweep of the Detroit Tigers earlier this month, when Bazzana smacked a tying homer and a walk-off single in the nightcap.

— Zack Meisel, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of smacked

Verb

Tuxedo kitten Paolina bounced onto my chest and licked my fingers.

— Solvej Schou, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
Her entire face got licked clean off her head when suburban floodwaters breached the cardboard hull protecting Kath’s basement memorabilia stack a few months before I was born.

— Claire Carusillo, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of licked

Verb

This year’s Coachella, headlined by Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber and Karol G, drew the most concurrent viewers in the history of Coachella on YouTube, according to the company.

— Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
Connor says Park City drew more than 80 visiting chefs for its four-day run, while Wynn’s three-day Revelry featured more than 30 chefs from five continents.

— Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of drew

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But there are more than 600 unopened scrolls, and many in the Naples library are crushed and in fragments.

— Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026
Below, during a spoiler conversation with THR, Abrams also discusses the 150-pound blood bag that nearly crushed him during his sprint through snowy Raccoon City.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of crushed

Verb

The dispute has caused confusion for over a million potential voters who could be shuffled among districts.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2026
Senate Leadership Fund, the main GOP Senate super PAC, also shuffled some of its reservations, removing $900,000 in broadcast buys in the state while adding $400,000 in digital ads.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of shuffled

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The first curveball of the night came when word hit that Young was closing out the night, as opposed to Willie Nelson.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2026
Following a bohemian couple from Istanbul who hit a wall both creatively and personally, this slow-burn drama takes a little too much time to get the ball rolling but evolves into an honest portrait of artists finding their way out of the darkness.

— Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of hit

Verb

Trump has also lashed out at individual reporters in person or over social media, sometimes in strikingly personal terms -- insulting them in briefings, or in his recent speech at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
Trump has also lashed out at individual reporters in person or over social media, sometimes in strikingly personal terms.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026