shellfire

[ shel-fahyuh r ]

/ ˈʃɛlˌfaɪər /

noun Military.

the firing of explosive shells or projectiles.

Words nearby shellfire

shelled, sheller, shelley, shelley, percy bysshe, shelleyan, shellfire, shellfish, shellfishery, shellflower, shellproof, shellwork

Origin of shellfire

First recorded in 1855–60; shell + fire

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Examples 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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