shelling

as inbarrage
as involley
as inbombardment
as inbombing
as inblitz
as infire
as inpod
as inraid
as inwar
as inbomb
as inbombard
as inshuck
as infire

Synonyms for shelling

noun weapon fire

Word Origin & History

Old English sciell, scill, Anglian scell "seashell, eggshell," related to Old English scealu "shell, husk," from Proto-Germanic *skaljo "piece cut off; shell; scale" (cf. West Frisian skyl "peel, rind," Middle Low German schelle "pod, rind, egg shell," Gothic skalja "tile"), with the shared notion of "covering that splits off," from PIE root *(s)kel- (1) "to cut, cleave" (cf. Old Church Slavonic skolika "shell," Russian skala "bark, rind;" see scale (n.1)). Italian scaglia "chip" is from Germanic.

Sense of "mere exterior" is from 1650s; that of "hollow framework" is from 1791. Meaning "structure for a band or orchestra" is attested from 1938. Military use (1640s) was first of hand grenades, in reference to the metal case in which the gunpowder and shot were mixed; the notion is of a "hollow object" filled with explosives. Hence shell shock, first recorded 1915. Shell game "a swindle" is from 1890, from a version of three-card monte played with a pea and walnut shells.

Example Sentences for shelling

And how on earth I never hit on it before—when it's as simple as shelling peas!

The trouble is an ancient one and is designated as "shelling" or "rattling."

There wasn't even a shed there, and she was shelling the bush.

At the distance of about one mile the rebels were shelling us.

The shelling brought to light, however, a peculiarity of the dog.

The worse the weather or the shelling the higher that duty was.

"Nothing unusual," replied the colonel, shelling a plover's egg.

They are shelling Strassbourg with mortars; the city is on fire.

The Germans managed to kill one man yesterday with their shelling.

A cloth is spread over the rack to catch any shelling seeds.

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Synonyms for shelling

More words related to shelling

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