shellfire

[ shel-fahyuhr ]

/ ˈʃɛlˌfaɪər /

noun Military.

the firing of explosive shells or projectiles.

Origin of shellfire

First recorded in 1855–60; shell + fire

Words nearby shellfire

shelled, sheller, Shelley, Shelleyan, Shelley, Percy Bysshe, shellfire, shellfish, shellfishery, shellflower, shell game, shell gland

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Example sentences from the Web for shellfire

The railways were choked with military transport or destroyed by shellfire.
Current History, Vol. VIII, No. 3, June 1918|Various
At the nearer edge of the woods, devastated by our shellfire, they encountered little opposition.
New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol. 8, Pt. 2, No. 1, July 1918|Various
These men had already seen what shellfire could do to knock the beauty out of old houses and quiet streets.
Now It Can Be Told|Philip Gibbs
O'Malley sent his catch down through the shellfire, twisting and turning.
A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F.|Rutherford G. Montgomery

They had been employed cutting trees, and had been under our own shellfire.
Current History, Vol. VIII, No. 3, June 1918|Various

British Dictionary definitions for shellfire

shellfire

/ (ˈʃɛlˌfaɪə) /

noun

the firing of artillery shells

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单词	shellfire
释义	shellfire [ shel-fahyuhr ] / ˈʃɛlˌfaɪər / noun Military. the firing of explosive shells or projectiles. Origin of shellfire First recorded in 1855–60; shell + fire Words nearby shellfire shelled, sheller, Shelley, Shelleyan, Shelley, Percy Bysshe, shellfire, shellfish, shellfishery, shellflower, shell game, shell gland Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for shellfire The railways were choked with military transport or destroyed by shellfire. Current History, Vol. VIII, No. 3, June 1918\|Various At the nearer edge of the woods, devastated by our shellfire, they encountered little opposition. New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol. 8, Pt. 2, No. 1, July 1918\|Various These men had already seen what shellfire could do to knock the beauty out of old houses and quiet streets. Now It Can Be Told\|Philip Gibbs O'Malley sent his catch down through the shellfire, twisting and turning. A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F.\|Rutherford G. Montgomery They had been employed cutting trees, and had been under our own shellfire. Current History, Vol. VIII, No. 3, June 1918\|Various British Dictionary definitions for shellfire shellfire / (ˈʃɛlˌfaɪə) / noun the firing of artillery shells Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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