shellfire

[ shel-fahyuhr ]

noun

, Military.

1. the firing fire of explosive shells or projectiles.

shellfire

/ ˈʃɛlˌfaɪə /

noun

1. the firing of artillery shells

Word History and Origins

Origin of shellfire¹

First recorded in 1855–60; shell + fire

Example Sentences

That was before they knew the exact meaning of shellfire well.

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These men had already seen what shellfire could do to knock the beauty out of old houses and quiet streets.

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They had been employed cutting trees, and had been under our own shellfire.

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The railways were choked with military transport or destroyed by shellfire.

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Shellfire was being concentrated on the airstrips, striving to block them, plow them up with craters.

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