shellfire

[shel-fahyuh r]

noun Military.

the firing of explosive shells or projectiles.

Origin of shellfire

First recorded in 1855–60; shell + fire

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Historical Examples of shellfire

They had been employed cutting trees, and had been under our own shellfire.
Current History, Vol. VIII, No. 3, June 1918
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The railways were choked with military transport or destroyed by shellfire.
Current History, Vol. VIII, No. 3, June 1918
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On Monday night the fire was redoubled and the woods literally raked with lines of shellfire.
New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol. 8, Pt. 2, No. 1, July 1918
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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
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Therefore, the task of directing the shellfire had to be confided to the airplanes, and in the lagoons to the seaplanes.
Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918
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British Dictionary definitions for shellfire

shellfire

noun

the firing of artillery shells

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