pounding
21Wave pounding — is the sledge hammer effect of tonnes of water crashing against cliffs. It shakes and weakens the rocks leaving them open to attack from hydraulic action and abrasion …
22heart-pounding — adjective Causing the heart to pound; dramatically exciting or shocking. The anguish, the numb misery, of believing that his beloved, Kahlan had been executed, had evaporated in a heart pounding instant the day before …
23take a pounding — informal 1) to be defeated very thoroughly 2) to suffer a lot of damage The city took a pounding during the Second World War …
24wave-pounding — the breakdown of rock through the sheer impact force of waves. Large storm waves can exert forces of up to 30 tonnes per m2 …
25take a pounding — …
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27pound — pound1 W2S1 [paund] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(weight)¦ 2¦(money)¦ 3¦(for dogs and cats)¦ 4¦(for cars)¦ 5 get/take/demand etc your pound of flesh 6¦(telephone)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Sense: 1 2, 5 6; Origin: Old English pund, from Latin pondo] [ …
28pound — [[t]pa͟ʊnd[/t]] ♦ pounds, pounding, pounded 1) N COUNT: num N The pound is the unit of money which is used in Britain. It is represented by the symbol ₤. One British pound is divided into a hundred pence. Some other countries, for example Egypt,… …
29List of Chinese inventions — A bronze Chinese crossbow mechanism with a buttplate (the wooden components have …
30Trip hammer — A trip hammer (alt. helve hammer) is a massive powered hammer, usually raised by a cam and then released to fall under the force of gravity. Historically, trip hammers were often powered by a water wheel, known to be used in China as long ago as… …
