n. 25B6; verb
the two men pounded him with their fists : BEAT, strike, hit, batter, thump, pummel, punch, rain blows on, belabour, hammer, thrash, set on, tear into; informal bash, clobber, wallop, beat the living daylights out of, whack, thwack, lay into, pitch into; Brit. informal slosh; N. Amer. informal light into, whale.
waves pounded the seafront : BEAT AGAINST, crash against, batter, dash against, lash, buffet.
gunships pounded the capital : BOMBARD, bomb, shell, fire on; archaic cannonade.
pound the cloves with salt : CRUSH, grind, pulverize, mill, mash, pulp; technical triturate; archaic levigate.
I heard him pounding along the gangway : WALK/RUN HEAVILY, stomp, lumber, clomp, clump, tramp, trudge.
her heart was pounding : THROB, thump, thud, hammer, pulse, race, go pit-a-pat; poetic/literary pant, thrill.