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pelt (verb), pelts; pelted; pelting
1. To remove the skin from a deal animal: In the decumentary film, the hunter pelted the rabbit he had killed.
2. To bombard or assail someone with some kind of weapon or projectile: After the lecture, members of the audience pelted the speaker with many questions.
3. To throw or cast something again and again: The children pelted each other with snowballs after school was over.
4. To rain excessively: Wilber didn't want to go outside that afternoon because it was pelting heavily and constantly the whole time.
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