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Pelting

To bombard, as with missiles.

📖 Definitions of "Pelting"

verb
  1. 1

    To bombard, as with missiles.

    "They pelted the attacking army with bullets."

  2. 2

    To throw; to use as a missile.

    "The children pelted apples at us."

  3. 3

    To rain or hail heavily.

    "It's pelting down out there!"

  4. 4

    To beat or hit, especially repeatedly.

noun
  1. 1

    The act by which somebody or something is pelted.

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