All 3 Uses of
pummel
in
Harry Potter (#2) and the Chamber of Secrets
- Both of them pummeled it.†
Chpt 5
- Its trunk was bent almost double, and its gnarled boughs were pummeling every inch of the car it could reach.†
Chpt 5 *
- He'd see Justin the next day in Herbology and he'd explain that he'd been calling the snake off, not egging it on, which (he thought angrily, pummeling his pillow) any fool should have realized.†
Chpt 11
Definition:
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(pummel) to hit repeatedly -- usually with fists
or:
to damage seriously
or:
to defeat decisively