Thesaurus results for PUMMELLING

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noun

variants also pummelling

as in thrashing

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verb

variants also pummelling

present participle of pummel

as in pounding

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

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Recent Examples of pummeling

Noun

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 In early February, at an Airbnb Peters was renting near Orlando, Peters’ girlfriend, Violet Lentz, got into a shouting, shoving and pummeling match with another woman, while Peters posted the conflict to social media, the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. —

Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 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 Through punches and pummeling, cheating and cursing, their bond remained (mostly) intact. —

Jillian Sederholm, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Feb. 2026

Verb

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 All of it will be accentuated by swirling spotlights, and perhaps even sweat and blood pouring off the fighters pummeling each other. —

ABC News, 11 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 In his first at-bat Tuesday night, Betts fell behind 0-2 to Rockies starter Kyle Freeland before pummeling a heater in the zone to center field for a two-run blast. —

Katie Woo, New York Times, 27 May 2026 Surging food costs and fuel prices are pummeling Maine's struggling groundfishing industry. —

Joe Hernandez, NPR, 23 May 2026 Now 46, the singer draws inspiration from the music that inspired her, name-checking Prince and the Gap Band, for a spate of upbeat tunes dotted by glittery synths, pummeling 808s and plucky bass notes. —

Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 19 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pummeling

Noun

Canada’s 6-0 thrashing of Qatar in its second FIFA World Cup match would’ve been perfect on Thursday afternoon if not for an injury to Ismaël Koné that can only be described as horrifying.

— Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026
Despite Norway being eliminated after the group stage, Haaland was the tournament’s top scorer – with all nine of his goals coming in a 12-0 thrashing of Honduras.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 16 June 2026