Thesaurus results for PUMMEL

pummel

verb

ˈpə-məl

Definition of pummel next

as in to lick

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

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Recent Examples of pummel Rain pummeled my Ford Escape for most of the seven-hour drive from Columbus that late September evening in 2015. —

Brad Ryan, PEOPLE, 13 June 2026 First baseman Christian Walker pummeled a home run after Álvarez, giving the Astros back-to-back first-inning jacks. —

Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026 With a pummelling rhythm and howling guitar, the new song from fata morgana makes a desperate race against the doom loop. —

Harry Tafoya, Pitchfork, 10 June 2026 Sidon, the largest city in southern Lebanon, had largely been spared from the Israeli strikes that have pummelled much of the country's south and east. —

Frank Andrews, CBS News, 10 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for pummel

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Bring along a friend who wouldn’t be able to indulge in these kinds of finger-licking treats otherwise.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 June 2026
The image of the students as vivisectors, committed to extracting the hearts and licking the bones of the transgressors in their midst, seems to mirror her own hatred of the university’s tendency toward frenzied analysis.

— Hannah Gold, New Yorker, 17 June 2026