0 to hit someone or something repeatedly, especially with your fists (= closed hands): --
They were pummelled in the second round.
The boxer had pummelled his opponent into submission by the end of the fourth round.
1 to hit someone or something repeatedly, esp. with your fists: --
Often he will have his mercenaries pummel him so that he would not need to sleep for some time.
Track crews use jet dryers, which consist of modified jet engines, mounted upside down to allow the hot exhaust to pummel the surface.
In a breathtaking analysis, he says that steel wheels are heavy, hard and pummel the rails and that there are too many gradients and bends on our rails.
Weaponry pummels the once-sacred temples.
Meanwhile, the other ships were being pummeled.
The artillery pummeled the fleet.
The show also got pummeled in the adults 18-49 demographic, where it managed only a 1.6 rating.
She angrily pummels the villain, claiming to be enraged about being resurrected as his puppet.
