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Definition
to hit repeatedly — usually with fists
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to damage seriously
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to defeat decisively
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to damage seriously
or:
to defeat decisively
- He tried buying their mercy with his lunch, but they pummeled him anyway, leaving him bloody.p. 9.1
- Zero pilots pummeled bombers with machine gun fire and massively destructive 20mm cannon shells, which rammed gaping holes in their targets.p. 83.8
- A Japanese officer stopped the attack, but that evening Watanabe turned on Bush, hurling him onto a scalding stove, then pummeling and kicking him.p. 236.4
There are no more uses of "pummel" in Unbroken by Hillenbrand.
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