Using a mortar and pestle, the fruits are slightly pounded to remove the shells from the fruits without breaking the seed inside."

VOA: special.2011.06.14

But one spring night in 1889 and on into the next day, drenching thunderstorms pounded the mountainsides.

VOA: standard.2010.04.26

Sounds of heavy and light machine gun fire rattled Maiduguri as Nigeria's army pounded suspected hideouts of the Islamic rebels in a bid to flush out remnants of the militant Boko Haram sect.

VOA: standard.2009.07.30