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

Photos and video shared on social media show debris thrown in the air and pummeling rain as a possible tornado touched down at Atlantic Beach on Long Island's outer barrier. — CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026

Well, that honor goes to the 1885 New York Giants, whose 24-0 pummeling of the Buffalo Bisons has stood the test of time. — Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

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

Verb

Now well west of Hawaii’s main islands, Lala had top sustained winds of 90 mph (150 kph) on Thursday and had begun pummeling the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument — a remote area at the northwestern edge of the Hawaiian Archipelago. — ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

Instead of pummeling out of the sky in a ballistic reentry, the lifting body landed sort of like an airplane. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 16 Aug. 2026

Her scrolled embroideries have since been described as tirades, rants, and screeds—no horses or cables, just the language pummeling the eye. — Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026

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

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