shelled

[ sheld ]

adjective

Origin of shelled

First recorded in 1570–80; shell + -ed²

He spent two lost and traumatic years in the minors, getting shelled in Miami and Rochester.
Will the Real Jim Palmer Please Stand Up | Tom Boswell | September 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Ukrainian forces in this area have also been regularly shelled from Russian territory.
Ukrainian Troops Retreat From Russian Border, Leaving 100 Kilometers Open to Invasion | Pierre Vaux | August 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Somebody said the laundry shelled out twenty-one thousand dollars in home run money that year.
The Great Paul Hemphill Celebrates the Long Gone Birmingham Barons | Paul Hemphill | March 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Once, during the war, he shelled out the cash to hire a band on Christmas Day.
How George Washington Celebrated Christmas | John Avlon | December 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
But getting cyclists to don a hard-shelled helmet, which can lessen the risks of serious injury, has been a global challenge.
Helmet Haute Couture: The Invisible Helmet Revolutionizing Bike Safety | Nina Strochlic | December 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST

The Petrel then took up position and shelled the fort with varying result, followed by the Raleigh.
The Philippine Islands | John Foreman
The insurgents then brought field-pieces into action and shelled the Saturnus, setting her on fire.
The Philippine Islands | John Foreman
I think this house, so large and prominent from the river, is perhaps taken for headquarters and specially shelled.
Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War | Various
In the middle of all this I was shelled, and my clerk fled before the storm as he was writing the returns.
Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie | George Brenton Laurie
Sure enough, though we shelled them and fired at them with rifles, they paid not the slightest attention.
Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie | George Brenton Laurie

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