Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to pummel
Participle: pummeled; pummelled
Gerund: pummeling; pummelling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | pummel |
| you | pummel |
| he;she;it | pummels |
| we | pummel |
| you | pummel |
| they | pummel |
Perfect
| I | have pummeled; pummelled |
| you | have pummeled; pummelled |
| he;she;it | has pummeled; pummelled |
| we | have pummeled; pummelled |
| you | have pummeled; pummelled |
| they | have pummeled; pummelled |
Past
| I | pummeled; pummelled |
| you | pummeled; pummelled |
| he;she;it | pummeled; pummelled |
| we | pummeled; pummelled |
| you | pummeled; pummelled |
| they | pummeled; pummelled |
Pluperfect
| I | had pummeled; pummelled |
| you | had pummeled; pummelled |
| he;she;it | had pummeled; pummelled |
| we | had pummeled; pummelled |
| you | had pummeled; pummelled |
| they | had pummeled; pummelled |
Future
| I | will pummel |
| you | will pummel |
| he;she;it | will pummel |
| we | will pummel |
| you | will pummel |
| they | will pummel |
Future Perfect
| I | will have pummeled; pummelled |
| you | will have pummeled; pummelled |
| he;she;it | will have pummeled; pummelled |
| we | will have pummeled; pummelled |
| you | will have pummeled; pummelled |
| they | will have pummeled; pummelled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | pummel |
| you | pummel |
| he;she;it | pummel |
| we | pummel |
| you | pummel |
| they | pummel |
Perfect
| I | have pummeled; pummelled |
| you | have pummeled; pummelled |
| he;she;it | have pummeled; pummelled |
| we | have pummeled; pummelled |
| you | have pummeled; pummelled |
| they | have pummeled; pummelled |
Imperfect
| I | pummeled; pummelled |
| you | pummeled; pummelled |
| he;she;it | pummeled; pummelled |
| we | pummeled; pummelled |
| you | pummeled; pummelled |
| they | pummeled; pummelled |
Pluperfect
| I | had pummeled; pummelled |
| you | had pummeled; pummelled |
| he;she;it | had pummeled; pummelled |
| we | had pummeled; pummelled |
| you | had pummeled; pummelled |
| they | had pummeled; pummelled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would pummel |
| you | would pummel |
| he;she;it | would pummel |
| we | would pummel |
| you | would pummel |
| they | would pummel |
Perfect
| I | would have pummeled; pummelled |
| you | would have pummeled; pummelled |
| he;she;it | would have pummeled; pummelled |
| we | would have pummeled; pummelled |
| you | would have pummeled; pummelled |
| they | would have pummeled; pummelled |
Imperative
| you | pummel |
| we | Let's pummel |
| you | pummel |
Verbs conjugated like 'pummel'
annul,
bevel,
cancel,
carol,
cavil,
channel,
chisel,
compel,
control,
counsel,
court-martial,
cudgel,
decontrol,
dial,
dispel,
dowel,
drivel,
duel,
empanel,
enamel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'pummel'
hummel,
pommel,
plummet,
summer,
wammel,
amel,
aumail,
bepommel,
bummle,
bumper,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to administer a physical blow
- bang, baste, batter, beat, belabor, blow, boom-boom, buffet, butt, dab, dash, dowse, fetch one a blow, flap, give toco, hammer, hit, kick, knock, lunge, pat, patter, pelt, pink, poke, pound, punch, rap, slam, slap, strike, swap, tap, thrash, thump, thwack, whack, whip, yerk
- beat
- thrash, trounce, club, baste, lambaste, batter
Antonyms
- beat
- stroke, pat, shelter, protect
Additional Information
The forms with ortographic changes are used in British English, in American English the doubling of the consonant is usually omitted.
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1548, alteration of pommel (q.v.) in the verbal sense of "to beat repeatedly."
2. Alteration of pommel.
Sample Sentences
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Rain pummeled the roof.
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The boxer pummeled his opponent.
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The best of friends become the worst of enemies when Barney makes a hilarious attack ad where he viciously pummels a cardboard cut-out of Homer before special guest star Linda Ronstadt joins the fun to both continue the attack on the helpless Homer stand-in and croon a slanderously accurate, insanely catchy jingle about how “Mr. Plow is a loser/And I think he is a boozer.” [2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):]
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The tale is bookended by battles – faces meatily pummelled, bones crunchily broken and throats spurtingly sliced as offstage conflicts are placed centre-screen. [2015 October 4, Mark Kermode, “Macbeth review – a spittle-flecked Shakespearean war film”, in The Observer:]
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The politician was pummeled by the media for his controversial statements.
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“There are theorists who have claimed that the movie is getting pummeled especially hard by male film critics who weren’t fans of the show in the first place (though that’s hardly true of the Post’s Smith, who boasted on his blog that he’d watched every episode of the TV show).” [2010 May 28, Patrick Goldstein, “Critics pummeling ‘Sex and the City 2’”, in The Spokesman-Review:]
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I will rape your personality
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Pummel you with my own philosophy [1991, “Sgt. Baker”, performed by Primus (band):]