Thesaurus results for PUMMELLED

pummeled

verb

variants also pummelled

past tense of pummel

as in pounded

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

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Recent Examples of pummeled Bitcoin's been underperforming stocks for over a year-and-a-half, and digital asset Treasury companies like Strategy have gotten pummeled. —

Oliver Renick, CNBC, 15 June 2026 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 Hurricane Fiona pummeled Puerto Rico in September 2022 as a Category 1 storm, lashing once more a power grid that hadn’t been rebuilt from Hurricane Maria. —

ABC News, 12 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 The only one that theoretically should work (the four-seamer) gets pummeled. —

Eno Sarris, New York Times, 9 June 2026 The Iranians have no intention of sitting on the sidelines as this asset gets pummeled by a superior foe. —

Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2026 Bathroom bans, health care restrictions and other state measures pummeled Florida while Texas slipped because of anti-trans legislation. —

Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 1 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pummeled

Verb

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