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shellfire

American

[shel-fahy^uhr] / ˈʃɛlˌfaɪər /

noun

Military.

the firing of explosive shells or projectiles.

shellfire British

/ ˈʃɛlˌfaɪə /

noun

the firing of artillery shells

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Etymology

Origin of shellfire

First recorded in 1855–60; shell + fire

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Yampil was concussed by shellfire when he was discovered in eastern Ukraine in October 2022.

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2024

An official at Ukraine’s atomic energy company said that international inspectors should visit the Zaporizhzhia power plant, where shellfire damaged a nuclear fuel storage facility.

From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2022

KIEV, Ukraine — On a warm afternoon in Ukraine’s breakaway east, as the front line rumbled with only occasional shellfire, Stanislav Aseev, a 27-year-old undercover journalist, was heading home to Donetsk.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 23, 2017

I have seen U.N. aid workers enduring shellfire to deliver food to the people of Sudan.

From Reuters ● Jun. 5, 2013

Under shellfire he wouldn’t bring his kitchen up near enough, so that our soup-carriers had to go much farther than those of the other companies.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

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