pummel
verb (used with object), pum·meled, pum·mel·ing or (especially British) pum·melled, pum·mel·ling.
Origin of pummel
Related Words for pummeled
knock, pelt, trounce, punch, crush, thrash, smack, batter, bash, wallop, lash, flog, maul, whip, pound, hit, club, cudgel, ram, cloutExamples from the Web for pummeled
Contemporary Examples of pummeled
And that time, his face was pummeled to a pulp by the Governor.
Engaged by an angry mob upon arrival, Nixon and his wife were yelled at, spat on, and pummeled with rocks.
By that time, I had been pummeled with so much, for so long, that I recall just staring at the pages, stunned.
The storm also pummeled the East Village and Lower East Side, turning the neighborhoods into a veritable Waterworld.
Had the party nominated me, I would have pummeled Obama in the debates and won the election.
Historical Examples of pummeled
They dove for him, hauled him out of the bed, and pummeled him with sheer delight.
The Golden SkullJohn Blaine
He could have pummeled the irreverent knot of gamins who mimicked it grotesquely.
The IncendiaryW. A. (William Augustine) Leahy
But now he was on top and he pummeled his opponent to a pulp.
They clinched and pummeled when they could and where they could.
Flying U RanchB. M. Bower
I never was whipped, though I was pummeled severely at times.
Vandemark's FollyHerbert Quick