All 4 Uses of
pummel
in
Inheritance, by Christopher Paolini
- There they gorged themselves on meat and mead while the wind howled around them and bursts of rain pummeled the sides of the flapping tent.†
Chpt 5 *
- The heavier elements—the stones, the broken pieces of wood, and the clumps of dirt—fell straight down, pummeling the surface of the lake, while the smaller particles remained suspended in the air, forming a large brown smudge that slowly drifted farther west.†
Chpt 34
- On both occasions, the downdrafts cast her out of the underbelly of the storm into the squalls of rain that pummeled the sea below.†
Chpt 47
- Tall waves pummeled the ship, and for a day, they were all miserable as a cold rain and a fierce wind battered them.†
Chpt 78
Definition:
to hit repeatedly -- usually with fists
or:
to damage seriously
or:
to defeat decisively
or:
to damage seriously
or:
to defeat decisively