PUMMEL

( -ll- or US usually -l-), US also pommel [verb] [T] - to hit (someone or something) repeatedly, esp. with your fistsThe boxer had pummelled his opponent into submission by the end of the fourth round.If you pummel someone, you attack or criticize them or almost defeat them.When we switched the tennis on, he was pummelling the champion.Pro-life candidates for governor are being pummeled on (= severely criticized because of their opinions about) abortion.