pummel
verb (used with object)
to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.
have pummeled
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present perfectof pummel.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Since June, a succession of heat waves have pummeled the continent, straining its infrastructure and drying out swaths of territory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
But the escalating trade tensions have pummeled Wall Street for three weeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2025
Water pollution and habitat fragmentation have pummeled many of these freshwater mussels to the edge of extinction—they’re the most endangered group of animals in the U.S.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 12, 2023
Record temperatures have pummeled much of the country this summer, and August could be just as brutal.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2023
I would have pummeled them in chess, too, but was hauled into the dean’s office.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
