(-ll-, AmE -l-) to keep hitting sb/sth hard, especially with your FISTS (= tightly closed hands):
[VN] He pummelled the pillow with his fists. * (figurative) She pummelled (= strongly criticized) her opponents. * [V] Her fists pummelled at his chest.
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