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Noun

A period of being beaten or hammered

A forceful collision of two things

A sound caused by a blow, typically sudden and short

The act or sensation of throbbing

An unexpected result or situation, typically a win in a sporting match

Present participle for to hit, strike or knock something forcefully

Present participle for to form or forge with a hammer

Present participle for to inculcate or impress something forcefully or repeatedly

Present participle for to attack or criticize forcefully and relentlessly

Present participle for to utterly defeat in a game or contest

(hammer away) Present participle for to persevere with a task or endeavor

Present participle for to beat or throb with a strong regular rhythm

Present participle for to make an unusually great effort

Present participle for make or shape by cutting a hard material such as wood

Present participle for to move somewhere in a slow and steady way

Present participle for to affix or impress a pattern or mark on a surface, object, document, or figuratively in one's mind

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Noun

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A period of being beaten or hammered

pummelling^UK

pummeled^US

cudgelling^UK

cudgeling^US

offense^US

offence^UK

totaling^US

pulverizing^US

pulverising^UK

totalling^UK

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Noun

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A forceful collision of two things

pummeled^US

pummelling^UK

road traffic accident

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Noun

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A sound caused by a blow, typically sudden and short

clangour^UK

clangor^US

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Noun

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The act or sensation of throbbing

meter^US

metre^UK

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Noun

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An unexpected result or situation, typically a win in a sporting match

Adjective

Thumping or banging

Adjective

Falling with force

Verb

Present participle for to hit, strike or knock something forcefully

pummelling^UK

belabouring^UK

belaboring^US

cudgeling^US

cudgelling^UK

letting someone have it

beating the living daylights out of

knocking into the middle of next week

giving someone a hiding

giving someone a good hiding

tonking

knocking about

giving someone a beating

giving someone a drubbing

thrusting

giving someone a good beating

tearing into

giving someone a good drubbing

pulverizing^US

pulverising^UK

brutalizing^US

brutalising^UK

giving someone a hot bottom

putting over one's knee

putting in the hospital

warming someone's seat

dusting someone's britches

striking with a stick

beating with a stick

boxing someone's ears

knocking someone's lights out

stiving

beating someone's brains out

assaulting physically

jumping down one's throat

coming into collision with

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“In shirtsleeves, hunched against the wind, I hammer repeatedly on the neighbor's back door.”

Verb

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Present participle for to form or forge with a hammer

forging

molding^US

moulding^UK

modeling^US

modelling^UK

chiselling^UK

chiseling^US

laboring^US

labouring^UK

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“A skilled person can hammer the iron into almost any desired shape.”

Verb

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Present participle for to inculcate or impress something forcefully or repeatedly

“Hammer it into him that he must remember he can do nothing without party support.”

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Present participle for to attack or criticize forcefully and relentlessly

criticising^UK

criticizing^US

pummelling^UK

hauling over the coals

giving someone a roasting

pulling to pieces

throwing brickbats at

giving a rocket

taking to pieces

fulminating against

rapping over the knuckles

giving someone a rollicking

giving someone a dressing-down

casting aspersions on

hitting out at

belaboring^US

giving a talking-to

assailing

giving a bad press to

belabouring^UK

ticking off

giving someone a bollocking

giving someone a telling-off

letting someone have it

vituperating against

giving someone an earful

giving someone a wigging

giving someone what for

giving someone a mouthful

giving someone a row

giving someone a rating

raking over the coals

giving someone a caning

reaming

giving someone a bad press

giving someone some stick

doing a hatchet job on

sending someone away with a flea in their ear

blowing up

giving something a battering

giving something a bad press

jumping down one's throat

blowing up at

slapping someone's wrist

dragging through the mud

zapping

dumping on

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

passing strictures upon

ripping into

going for the jugular

taking down

picking at

doing down

calling on the carpet

libeling^US

libelling^UK

bringing into disrepute

sullying the reputation of

blackening the reputation of

blackening the name of

conducting a smear campaign against

ostracising^UK

ostracizing^US

biting someone's head off

lashing into

giving the business

taking to the woodshed

going on at

jumping down someone's throat

calling over the coals

cudgeling^US

cudgelling^UK

reviewing unfavorably

criticizing strongly

indicting

impeaching

rapping across the knuckles

having words

severely reprimanding

dishonoring^US

moralising^UK

moralizing^US

cussing out

jumping all over

criticizing hatefully

shouting at

giving one hell

eating out

giving someone a carpeting

jumping on one's case

snapping someone's head off

holding someone to blame

holding accountable

complaining to

sending someone away with a flea in his

giving a piece of one's mind

having someone on the carpet

expressing disapproval of

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

demonizing^US

demonising^UK

dragging over the coals

rapping someone the knuckles

giving a tongue-lashing

dragging through the mire

bringing discredit to

tarring and feathering

imputing

running smear campaign

spreading scandal about

kicking up a fuss about

kicking up a stink about

complaining vociferously about

taking down a peg

speaking out against

taking a stand against

raising objections to

telling a thing or two

protesting strongly at

bringing charges against

assigning liability to

assigning guilt to

considering guilty of

disagreeing violently with

putting up a fight against

complaining bitterly about

making a protest against

making a stand against

reprimanding severely

satirizing^US

satirising^UK

holding forth against

counseling^US

counselling^UK

giving tongue-lashing

delivering a tirade to

dressing-down

discommending

negating

expressing a poor opinion of

zinging

remonstrating against

giving someone a telling off

tearing someone a new one

dragging someone's name through the mud

meting out punishment to

coming down on like a ton of bricks

sticking it to

expressing disapprobation

thinking badly of

expressing disapprobation of

expressing strong disapproval of

holding someone answerable

objecting strongly to

fighting

expressing disagreement with

griping

lodging a protest against

labelling^UK

labeling^US

shooting full of holes

taking great exception to

laying a bad trip on

passing the buck

laying a guilt trip on

putting in a bad light

showing in a bad light

blackening someone's name

bringing into disfavour

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“Health professionals are mobilizing to condemn the government and hammer the ineffectual minister.”

Verb

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Present participle for to utterly defeat in a game or contest

bringing someone to their knees

giving someone a drubbing

running rings around

taking to the cleaners

blowing out of the water

wiping the floor with

pulverizing^US

pulverising^UK

getting the better of

winning a resounding victory over

giving someone a hiding

giving someone a pasting

gaining a victory over

pummelling^UK

getting the upper hand

roughing up

bunging up

running circles around

running roughshod over

winning a victory over

gaining ascendancy over

knocking the stuffing out of

gaining the advantage over

putting someone in their place

gaining the upper hand over

getting the upper hand over

throwing back in confusion

bringing under the yoke

making look pale by comparison

going one better than

putting the kibosh on

bringing under control

getting under control

balking^US

baulking^UK

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“Everybody knew the pros were going to hammer the amateurs anyway.”

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(hammer away) Present participle for to persevere with a task or endeavor

“The opposition continued to hammer away with allegations of corruption despite a clear lack of support.”

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Present participle for to beat or throb with a strong regular rhythm

exhibiting arrhythmia

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Present participle for to make an unusually great effort

straining

striving

struggling

laboring^US

labouring^UK

endeavoring^US

ploughing^UK

plowing^US

plugging

tugging

trying hard

making a great effort

making an all-out effort

banging away

beavering away

digging away

driving oneself to the limit

giving it your all

giving it your best shot

going all out

killing oneself

knocking oneself out

leaning over backwards

making a supreme effort

pegging away

pulling out all the stops

trying very hard

bearing down

bending over backwards

going for it

making every effort

pushing oneself to the limit

rupturing yourself

sparing no effort

straining every nerve

keeping your nose to the grindstone

plugging away

keeping nose to grindstone

working like a Trojan

moving heaven and earth

working your fingers to the bone

putting yourself out

slaving away

falling over backwards

keeping your head down

working day and night

jumping through hoops

working oneself to the bone

putting one's back into something

leaving no stone unturned

pushing yourself

trying one's hardest

taking on

putting one's back into it

working your guts out

going hard

having a crack

burning the candle at both ends

going hammer and tongs

working hard to

working like a slave

setting out

working one's socks off

having one's nose to grindstone

working one's butt off

putting up a fight against

working fingers to bone

going the whole nine yards

proceeding laboriously

trying for

having a go at

having a stab at

going for the jugular

giving it a whirl

going the limit

shooting for

trying as hard as one can

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Verb

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Present participle for make or shape by cutting a hard material such as wood

chiseling^US

chiselling^UK

forming

modelling^UK

modeling^US

Verb

Present participle for to move somewhere in a slow and steady way

travelling^UK

traveling^US

Verb

Present participle for to affix or impress a pattern or mark on a surface, object, document, or figuratively in one's mind

labelling^UK

labeling^US

molding^US

moulding^UK

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