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Noun

A period of being beaten or hammered

An aggressive and violent physical act against a person or object

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

pulverizing^US

pulverising^UK

overwhelming majority

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Noun

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An aggressive and violent physical act against a person or object

offence^UK

offense^US

totalling^UK

totaling^US

pummeled^US

pummelling^UK

cudgelling^UK

cudgeling^US

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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

doing over

thudding

beating up

giving someone a good hiding

tonking

knocking about

popping

giving someone a beating

giving someone a drubbing

whamming

setting upon

giving someone a good beating

thrusting

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

boxing someone's ears

propelling

running

striking with a stick

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

teaching repeatedly to

dinning something into

ramming down one's throat

drilling into

teaching over and over again

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

Verb

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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

throwing brickbats at

giving a rocket

taking to pieces

fulminating against

rapping over the knuckles

giving someone a rollicking

mauling

giving someone a dressing-down

bollocking

casting aspersions on

hitting out at

rapping

giving a bad press to

giving a talking-to

belaboring^US

assailing

belabouring^UK

ticking off

giving someone a bollocking

giving someone a telling-off

letting someone have it

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

cavilling at

tearing to pieces

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

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

taking to the woodshed

giving a tongue-lashing

jumping down someone's throat

calling over the coals

cudgeling^US

cudgelling^UK

reviewing unfavorably

criticizing strongly

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

biting someone's head off

having someone on the carpet

expressing disapproval of

holding responsible

holding someone to blame

holding accountable

complaining to

sending someone away with a flea in his

giving a piece of one's mind

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

demonizing^US

demonising^UK

dragging over the coals

rapping someone the knuckles

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

holding forth against

satirising^UK

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

speaking out

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

kicking up

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

plowing under

beating down

gaining ascendancy over

running roughshod over

winning a victory over

levelling^UK

leveling^US

knocking the stuffing out of

gaining the advantage over

gaining the upper hand over

getting the upper hand over

putting someone in their place

throwing back in confusion

tyrannizing^US

colonizing^US

colonising^UK

tyrannising^UK

bringing under the yoke

making look pale by comparison

vaporizing^US

vaporising^UK

putting the kibosh on

going one better than

riding roughshod over

beating the pants off

bringing about the downfall of

putting the skids under

throwing a spanner in the works

throwing a monkey wrench in the works of

taking someone's life

doing away with

carrying off

bumping off

moving in for the kill

cancelling^UK

canceling^US

wiping from the face of the earth

wiping off the map

wiping off the face of the earth

victimizing^US

terrorizing^US

playing the heavy with

brutalising^UK

terrorising^UK

victimising^UK

brutalizing^US

ruling with a rod of iron

putting the squeeze on

ruling with an iron hand

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

Verb

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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

moving back and forth

weaving

moving from side to side

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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

working day and night

keeping your head down

jumping through hoops

putting one's back into something

working oneself to the bone

leaving no stone unturned

putting one's back into it

having a crack at

carrying on

working at

working your guts out

going hard

having a crack

burning the candle at both ends

going hammer and tongs

working one's socks off

having one's nose to grindstone

puttering

campaigning

withstanding

grovelling^UK

groveling^US

working fingers to bone

putting up a fight against

going the whole nine yards

working one's butt off

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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