shellfire

[ shel-fahyuh r ]

/ ˈʃɛlˌfaɪər /

noun Military.

the firing of explosive shells or projectiles.

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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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