Thesaurus results for PUMMEL

pummel

verb

ˈpə-məl

Definition of pummel

as in to lick

to strike repeatedly pummeled the mugger with her fists until help arrived

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Recent Examples of pummel There was a chance that eastern Long Island could get pummeled with more than 2 inches of rain in six hours during the first part of Saturday night, depending on how the storm tracks, the NWS predicted. — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026 The weather service says some parts of South Florida could see as much as 8 to 10 inches of rain this week, as storms keep pummeling the region with downpours. — Juan Ortega, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026 In a darkly comic turn, the father hopes to regain enough weight post-surgery to pummel his ex-wife’s divorce lawyer. — Anna Mebel, JSTOR Daily, 17 Sep. 2026 Orange County declared a state of emergency after powerful waves pummeled its beaches, causing severe coastal erosion and damaging seaside communities. — Michele Gile, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pummel

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Verb

The Sox move on to Cleveland while the Cubs come home to lick their wounds.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026
The Bombers beat the Red Sox 9-2 in Game 2 after winning the series opening game 9-0, sending New England’s hardball heroes home to lick their wounds until next spring.

— Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of lick

Verb

The Trask twins have grown up with the lie that their mother died, and while Cal hides his wounds from that absence, Aron doesn’t.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
Interior designers and professional organizers say most kitchens hide usable square footage in plain sight, trapped behind clutter, bad habits and bulky gear that could be stored smarter or edited out entirely.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of hide

Verb

Moscow's forces pounded apartment buildings, offices, gas stations and data centers, among other targets.

— HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
On a hot Saturday, Pawlikowski and I revisited those heights—the slopes from which, for almost four years, starting in the spring of 1992, Serbian artillery pounded Sarajevo, which lies vulnerably cupped in the valley below.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of pound

Verb

Prosecutors said Pike cut Slemmer with a box cutter and beat her with a large chunk of asphalt.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026
In terms of total latency between 4K60 and 1080p120, the Roku Pro Series beats the U6SF Pro by a fifth of a millisecond, earning our latest PCMag Lab Award for lowest input lag.

— Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of beat

Verb

The worst of the deadly nor'easter that's lashed the Northeast is behind us, and Monday will feature minor impacts as the storm winds down.

— Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026
Ana Navarro and Sunny Hostin lashed out at Judge Judy’s remarks about unhappy Americans.

— Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of lash

Verb

In whipping rain and wind in New Jersey, the New York Giants held on for a 12-7 win in their first game since quarterback Jaxson Dart suffered a season-ending knee injury.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026
Castro whips her head around and follows him, punching him in the back.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of whip

Verb

This year, rain pelted the ground and the side of the building during the ceremony.

— Miles J. Herszenhorn, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
Damaging winds and heavy rains from Hurricane Lowell were pelting Hawaii's western islands early Tuesday, bringing the threat of floods, mudslides and tornadoes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of pelt

Verb

Iran has tried to push world energy prices higher with attacks on the region's oil shipping routes; the United States, in turn, has aimed to wreck Iran's economy by blockading its ports since June and slapping it with increasingly tough sanctions.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2026
The fight was so violent that each one of them punched, scratched, bit and slapped the other, Linhardt said.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026

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