pummel
verb (used with object)
to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.
pummels
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present tense formof pummel (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Search and rescue teams fan across Florida after Hurricane Milton strikes with storm surges up to 10 feet and 120 mph winds and pummels communities with deadly tornadoes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2024
And severe weather pummels both the Northeast and West Coast.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 21, 2023
Lethal landslides are common in the area when heavy monsoon rain pummels Myanmar between May and October.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2023
The sheer force of their thousand-pound bodies pummels the dirt track's hazardous slings — but only after first funneling through the narrow cabling of their spindly forelimb ligaments.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2023
The waterfall pummels the water around us, and a lifeguard ushers us to the hill.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
