pummel
verb (used with object)
to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.
pummeled
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past participleof pummel.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof pummel.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
pummelverb (used with object)to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.
Example Sentences
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European businesses have lost market share in China over recent years and say they are being pummeled in their home market by low-cost Chinese products.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
The year after that, heavy rains pummeled the burn scar, burying buildings and vehicles under mud and debris.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
The country's third-largest city was pummeled by a 7.4 magnitude earthquake on Monday, along with swaths of Colombia's coffee region and western coast.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Leveraged ETFs tied to chipmaker SK Hynix were pummeled Tuesday, amid a punishing selloff in semiconductor stocks this month as whiplash around the powerful artificial-intelligence trade continues.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
She tipped forward anti back, and the pocketbook swinging from her arm pummeled their heads.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
