Definition of "pummeling" [pummeling]

• Present participle of pummel. (verb)
• A beating. (noun)

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• "After the constant pummeling from the press and Obama supporters to pull out of this race, even though there are millions and millions of people who support her, she must be feeling an incredible emotional strain."
• "February 17, 1988, I opened my eyes and heard a procession of sounds: first the phone going off on the opposite side of the bed, rousing us at 5: 04 a.m. to what could only be a calamity, then rain pummeling the roof of our old Victorian house, sluicing its sneaky way to the basement, and finally small puffs of air coming from Hugh’s lower lip, each one perfectly timed, like a metronome."
• "None of us wanted to brave the sheets of rain pummeling the sidewalks."