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Meanings of pummel in English

Catalan
donar cops de puny
Spanish
agarrar a puñetazos

Strike, usually with the fist.

        donar cops de puny
        Usage of pummel in English
        1
        If they ever built a spaceship, would space litter pummel it irreparably?
        Wired
        2
        It's a frivolous pastime, but at least we don't pummel each other.
        Rock and Ice Magazine
        3
        That was why life had been able to pummel him so brutally.
        On mystic lake
        4
        I'd catch him alone and I'd pummel him, over and over again.
        The Elephant Vanishes
        5
        Hugh screamed and the pair began to kick and pummel one another.
        Winter door
        6
        Unlike most predators that grab prey, these pummel it and destroy it.
        Wired
        7
        It is the latest miserable weather to pummel the winter-weary eastern US.
        Radio NZ
        8
        Forecasters said strong winds and heavy rain were expected to pummel coastal areas.
        Radio NZ
        9
        He'd be able to pummel McDowell for ten or fifteen minutes.
        Serena
        10
        Wayland noticed that he was steadying himself in the saddle by the pummel.
        The Freebooters of the Wilderness
        11
        One man said he wanted to pummel everyone in the delegation.
        News.com.au
        12
        He wanted to pummel Aarfy, but lacked the strength to lift his arms.
        Catch-22
        13
        He attempted to pummel me, but his staff was useless at close range.
        The red pyramid
        14
        The Laq-sellers continued to pummel Pavek, who was crawling toward him.
        The brazen gambit
        15
        Not long after, the massive solar storm began to pummel the Earth itself.
        BBC
        16
        But to pummel was one thing, and to arouse Mr. Ketch was another.
        The Channings: A Story
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