All 3 Uses of
pummel
in
Unbroken, by Hillenbrand
- 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
Definition:
to hit repeatedly -- usually with fists
or:
to damage seriously
or:
to defeat decisively
or:
to damage seriously
or:
to defeat decisively