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PUMMEL
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Irregular inflected forms: pummelled , pummelling
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they pummel ... he / she / it pummels
Past simple: pummelled
Past participle: pummelled
-ing form: pummelling
Sense 1
Meaning:
Strike, usually with the fist
Example:
The pedestrians pummeled the demonstrators
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "pummel" is one way to...):
hit (deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The fighter managed to pummel his opponent
