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Definition

to hit repeatedly — usually with fists

or:

to damage seriously

or:

to defeat decisively

pummel = to hit repeatedly

pummeling = to hit repeatedly — usually with fists

They close in, grab him, pummel him, as a Shark on top of the wall is stationed as lookout.
Arthur Laurents and Stephen Sondheim -- Westside Story

pummel = hit repeatedly

kids slid in great struggling bunches on their backs across the ice, yelled threats and curses at each other, shrieked like demons, pummeled each other with huge handfuls of frozen snow.
David Almond -- Kit's Wilderness

pummeled = repeatedly hit

She'd been getting pummeled in the press.
Gillian Flynn -- Gone Girl
I think of the first time I looked into those eyes, as a freezing six-year-old getting pummeled in the culling pen.
Sabaa Tahir -- An Ember in the Ashes
She saw Boyle, his face a mask of vengeance, pummeling his fists into Cabhan's face.
Nora Roberts -- Dark Witch
I was his pummeling bag now, and there was nothing I could do about it.
James Patterson -- The Angel Experiment
Kate's ears were boxed, her hair pulled, her cheeks pummeled with Jillson's boltlike knuckles.
Trenton Lee Stewart -- The Mysterious Benedict Society
Tyson untangled himself from the giant whom he'd pummeled into unconsciousness.
Rick Riordan -- The Battle of the Labyrinth
Pummeled: Getting tossed around by a breaking wave
Bethany Hamilton -- Soul Surfer
The pummeling of the storm came in waves, almost drowning out the noise of the orchestra.
Marissa Meyer -- Cinder
It felt like a fist was pummeling Aria's stomach.
Sara Shepard -- Pretty Little Liars
'Who or what has been pummelling the boy?'
Johann Wyss -- The Swiss Family Robinson

(editor's note: This is a British spelling. Americans do not repeat the "L" prior to adding the "ING".)

He attempted to pummel me, but his staff was useless at close range.
Rick Riordan -- The Red Pyramid
Her whole body ached from the pummeling it had taken.
Cassandra Clare -- City of Ashes
They smash against walls and bedframes, relentlessly pummeling each other.
Neal Shusterman -- Unwind
Like Tanis, they would be pummeled by the bloodthirsty beasts.
Ted Dekker -- Black: The Birth of Evil

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