pelting

• The deaths of uncounted mice—tiny individually, but like the pelting of hail that, massed and concentrated, could pound men flat, destroy mighty trees, crush and rend to a pulp everything beneath its rage. —  Memory of Fire by Holly Lisle
• Six policemen and a CRPF personnel were injured in stone pelting, the sources said. —  Daily News & Analysis
• 'Indefinite curfew was clamped in all the five police station areas of the town following arson and stone-pelting,' said Burhanpur Police Superintendent M.K. Katakwar. —  India eNews
• The bell rang--a furious clapping of hands, like the pelting of hail-stones, and then a dull roar spread through the great crowd on the green sward under the flood of brilliant sunshine As he entered the enclosure, Andrea Sperelli thought to himself--'Fortune is with me to-day, but how will it be to-morrow?' —  The Child of Pleasure
• "It's hail Sharp pieces of ice were suddenly pelting, raining down all around them, splattering the ground with a harsh, bouncing clatter. —  The Colors of Space

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