Synonyms of pummeling

pummeling 1 of 2

noun

variants also pummelling

as in thrashing

Related Words

• thrashing
• pounding
• hammering
• bashing
• bludgeoning
• licking
• battering
• clobbering
• blow
• thump
• hit
• slap
• punch
• lambasting
• buffet
• knock
• encounter
• rap
• contact
• meeting
• shock
• collision
• impact
• touch
• jolt
• impingement
• concussion
• kick
• bump
• wallop
• crash
• slam
• jounce
• strike
• jar
• smash

pummeling

2 of 2

verb

variants also pummelling

present participle of pummel

as in pounding

to strike repeatedly

pummeled the mugger with her fists until help arrived

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pounding
• licking
• lashing
• battering
• whipping
• beating
• hiding
• pelting
• hitting
• slapping
• knocking
• attacking
• thumping
• punching
• assaulting
• slamming
• smashing
• doing
• spanking
• mauling
• bludgeoning
• hammering
• bashing
• thrashing
• batting
• smacking
• chopping
• raiding
• drubbing
• paddling
• walloping
• buffeting
• whacking
• flogging
• storming
• lambasting
• clubbing
• slogging
• lathering
• boxing
• switching
• belting
• punching out
• working over
• whupping
• whopping
• tanning
• slating
• currying
• threshing
• swiping
• whaling
• tromping
• wounding
• fibbing
• basting
• belaboring
• roughing (up)
• messing (up)
• lacing
• thwacking
• clobbering
• cracking
• rushing
• pommeling
• assailing
• swatting
• birching
• socking
• strapping
• beating up on
• cudgeling
• bunging up
• cuffing
• pasting
• descending (on or upon)
• busting
• clouting
• jumping (on)
• lacerating
• besetting
• whamming
• scourging
• flagellating
• whomping
• laying on
• caning
• pouncing (on or upon)
• pistol-whipping
• lamming
• maiming
• mutilating
• mangling
• leathering
• horsewhipping
• goring
• blackjacking
• fustigating
• cowhiding
• rawhiding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pummeling

Noun

Trump’s critics, especially in Israel, worry that the agreement effectively allows Iran to repair a proxy force diminished by months of Israeli pummeling. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 26 June 2026

Men In Blazers Reigning European champions Spain finally looked like tournament favorites, with teenage star Lamine Yamal leading it to a 4-0 pummeling of Saudi Arabia. — David Hickey, NBC news, 22 June 2026

As violent as these bouts get, fighters agree to honor the rules, even mid-pummeling. — Bhumika Tharoor, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026

This spiritual, emotional, and physical reset is a million miles away from the hormone pummeling of current weight-loss drugs, and the aughts’ detox ethos. — Jane Alexander, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 May 2026

The increasingly gruesome pummelling continues, cross-cutting with Cassie’s discussion with Naz (Jack Topalian), calmly eating pie on the couch, about what this means to her, and how her wedding was supposed to be the best day of her life. — Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 28 Apr. 2026

Of course, Flextail didn't curl up, back into a corner and submit to a pummeling, counterpunching with its own tiny 1-oz inflator just a couple months later. — New Atlas, 20 Apr. 2026

On April 8, 2025, Wrobleski endured an eight-run pummeling by the Washington Nationals and was immediately sent down to triple-A Oklahoma City. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026

Stout, bluesy guitar and a pummeling rhythm lead to McBryde turning in a ferocious, fearless vocal, singing about a litany of vices and urges that stay steeped her bloodline. — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 23 Feb. 2026

Verb

Ukraine is ratcheting up the tempo of drone strikes pummeling Crimea, the peninsula annexed by Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2014. — Brady Africk, Washington Post, 20 July 2026

That work was far from done when a new round of storms began pummeling the state this week, triggering catastrophic flash floods in some of the same areas devastated in 2025. — ABC News, 18 July 2026

About 21,000 customers lost electricity when storms swept through the Carolinas Friday afternoon, prompting severe thunderstorm warnings and pummeling the Charlotte area. — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 11 July 2026

Behested payments make an excellent target for pummeling the presidential contender. — Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026

Vargas was among a group of three men being sought for pummeling the cab parked at 36th St and Seventh Ave. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 16 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

Protests outside the gates have shown activists pummeling cars, impeding the exits and in some cases getting hurled out of the way after collisions with vehicles attempting to speed away from the violent activists. — Eric MacK, FOXNews.com, 8 June 2026

In keeping with the show’s defiance of mortality, Lee and Lifeson seemed to have almost aged in reverse since 2015, with Lifeson notably trimmer and musically nimble, and Lee pummeling his bass while skipping around the stage faster than any 72-year-old should be able to manage. — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2026