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pummel

/ˈpʌm.əl/

pummelverb

pummeled

Past Simple

pummeled

Past Participle

pummeling

ing-form

/ˈpʌm.əl/

Translations

battre à plate couturePour une défaite écrasante ; registre courant.

The team was pummeled by their rivals in the championship game.

L’équipe a été battue à plate couture par ses rivaux lors du match de championnat.

tabasserFamilier; se dit d’une personne frappée à coups de poing répétés.

The boxer pummeled his opponent until the referee intervened.

Le boxeur a tabassé son adversaire jusqu’à l’intervention de l’arbitre.

Additional translations

cribler de critiquesPour l’idée de critiquer sévèrement.

malmenerPour des forces naturelles qui heurtent quelque chose de façon répétée.

rosserFamilier; accent sur une correction violente, souvent à coups répétés.

Definitions

To strike repeatedly with fists.

The boxer pummeled his opponent until the referee intervened.

To criticize or defeat someone or something severely.

The team was pummeled by their rivals in the championship game.

Of wind, waves, or other natural forces: to strike something heavily and repeatedly.

Storm-driven waves pummeled the breakwater through the night.

Synonyms

pummelpast participle

Definitions

Beaten or battered by repeated blows.

He arrived at the station with a pummeled suitcase and a weary smile.