shellfire

English

Etymology

From shell +‎ fire.

Noun

shellfire (usually uncountable, plural shellfires)

  1. Artillery bombardment.
    We were pinned down by shellfire. If the artillery hadn't run out of shells to shoot at us we would have been wiped out.

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See also

  • shell (military weapon sense)

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