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Shelling   /ʃˈɛlɪŋ/   Listen
Shelling

noun
1.
The heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target.  Synonyms: barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment.  "The shelling went on for hours without pausing"



Shell

verb
(past & past part. shelled; pres. part. shelling)
1.
Use explosives on.  Synonym: blast.
2.
Create by using explosives.  Synonym: blast.
3.
Fall out of the pod or husk.
4.
Hit the pitches of hard and regularly.
5.
Look for and collect shells by the seashore.
6.
Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict.  Synonyms: beat, beat out, crush, trounce, vanquish.  "We beat the competition" , "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"
7.
Remove from its shell or outer covering.  "Shell mussels"
8.
Remove the husks from.  Synonym: husk.



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"Shelling" Quotes from Famous Books



... the Sixth United States colored troops, and our regiment, have just been relieved in the front, where we served our tour of forty-eight hours in turn with the other troops of the corps. While out, we were subjected to some of the severest shelling I have ever seen, Malvern Hill not excepted. The enemy got twenty guns in position during the night, and opened on us yesterday morning at daylight. Our men stood it, behind their works, of course, as well as any of the white ...
— History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) - Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens • George Washington Williams

... of Lima beans, most of the varieties of fresh shell beans are placed on the market in the pods and must be shelled after they are purchased. Green Lima beans, however, are usually sold shelled. If the beans are purchased in the pods, wash them in cold water before shelling, but if they are bought shelled, wash the shelled beans. Then put them to cook in sufficient boiling water to which has been added 1 teaspoonful of salt for each quart. Allow the beans to cook until they may be easily pierced with a fork. The cooking will probably ...
— Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2 - Volume 2: Milk, Butter and Cheese; Eggs; Vegetables • Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

... up Tweed and started shelling Priorsford, and the parish church was hit and the steeple fell into Thomson's shop and scattered the haddocks and kippers and things all ...
— Penny Plain • Anna Buchan (writing as O. Douglas)

... no one was alarmed, when, all at once, just as the last of the French troops were filing out of Raucourt, a shell, with a frightful crash, came tearing through the roof of a neighboring house. Two others followed in quick succession; it was a German battery shelling the rear-guard of the 7th corps. Some of the wounded from Beaumont had already been brought in to the mairie, where it was feared that the enemy's projectiles would finish them as they lay on their mattresses waiting for the doctor to come and operate ...
— The Downfall • Emile Zola

... broke in Reggie, with an air of quiet triumph. "How did I guess it? My dear fellow, it's as easy as shelling peas! There is only one young lady at Thexford Hall, and she is the one I have mentioned. And you want to see her without coming in contact with the other persons who reside at the Hall. I need not ask if I am right, because your extremely ...
— The Woman's Way • Charles Garvice


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