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pummelled

  • past participle
    of pummel.
    pummel
    verb (used with object)
    to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.
  • past tense form
    of pummel.
    pummel
    verb (used with object)
    to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.

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Ukraine's energy network, already pummelled by Russian attacks over more than four years of war, was buckling under the high temperatures on Monday.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

The Kospi, which was pummelled almost 19 percent on Tuesday and Wednesday before bouncing more than nine percent Thursday, shed 1.5 percent.

From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026

The group pummelled the bot with more than 1,000 prompts to bypass the safeguards and convince Claude they were allowed to test the system for vulnerabilities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026

Meanwhile, parts of Western Australia were pummelled by Tropical Cyclone Luana over the weekend.

From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2026

I’d looked at Kat’s little finger, and imagined Dad going around it, in miniature, stretched and pummelled into an odd-looking, living ring.

From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd