It can also destroy mortar shells in mid-air.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

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

She said it would take far more than 48 of the small mortar shells to produce the explosions seen in Boston.

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Also on Monday, the United Nations announced that it will move about 100 foreign staff out of Syria after mortar shells fell near their hotel in Damascus.

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