Pummel

/ˈpʌməl/

Synonyms for "pummel" (142 found)

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Closest matches (29)

Noun(10 words)

assaulting battering batters beating beats bludgeoning bludgeons brains buffeting buffets

Verb(8 words)

badger bashed batter battered beat biff bludgeoned bombard

bang baste bastinado batter beat belabor belt birch buffet cane castigate

Strong matches (42)

chastise club cowhide cudgel cut drub flagellate flail flap flog fustigategive a whippinggive the stickhammer heat horsewhip knock knout lace lam

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lambaste

Verb(12 words)

clobbered clouted crush cudgeled defeat drub drubbed drubs grill hammer harass hit

Noun(9 words)

clobbering clobbers clods clubs cobb cudgelling cudgels drubbing lam

Related words (71)

Verb(18 words)

lambastes lammed mauled overwhelm pommel pommeled pommelled pound press pummels punch tenderise thrashed threshed trounce walloped whaled whelked

Noun(18 words)

lambasting lamed lamming mauls pommeling pommelling pommels pounds punching roughhousing roughs shellac spanks thwacks whales whaling whomp wop

larrup lash latherlay onmanhandle maul paste patter peltpistol whippistol-whip pommel pound pulverize rap rawhide rough scourge sledgehammer smite

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spank strap strike stripe swinge switch thrash thresh thump trounce truncheon wallop whale whip whop

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More general

9 entries

assault attack beat defeat hit interrogation questioning strike vanquish

More specific

12 entries

badger batter cross-examine drub grill hammer harry punch stomp thrash vanquish wallop

Collocations

5 entries

pummel blowspummel opponentspummel the opponentpummel the witnesspummel with fists

Inflections

5 entries

pummeled pummeling pummelled pummelling pummels

Derivations

2 entries

pummeler pummelingly

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

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I ought to pummel you for everything obnoxious you said about my aunt.

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Don't pummel your brother.

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Rain pummeled the roof.

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The boxer pummeled his opponent.

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