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verb
To fix (an idea, for example) in someone's mind by reemphasis and repetition
Synonyms: instilling, inculcating, impressing, implanting, driving, drilling
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verb
Move heavily or clumsily
Synonyms: pulsating, throbbing, lumbering, thumping, pulverizing, beating, pulsing, crushing, palpitating, hammering
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verb
To shape, break, or flatten with repeated blows
Synonyms: hammering, forging, beating
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verb
Strike or drive against with a heavy impact
Synonyms: clobbering, striking, thumping, thrashing, pummelling, hammering, buffeting, belaboring, poking, ramming, weighting, beating, walloping, lambasting, threshing, battering, stomping, stamping, socking, smashing, smacking, pulverizing, powdering, mauling, knocking, drubbing, impounding, grinding, crushing, clouting, braying, blowing, basting, assaulting, bashing, banging, assailing
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noun
The act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)
Synonyms: hammer, buffeting, pound, hammering
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verb
Place or shut up in a pound
Synonyms: impounding
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verb
To strike repeatedly and forcefully, especially with the hand or a tool:
Synonyms: beating
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noun
An instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart)
Synonyms: throb, throbbing