star shell
a shell that bursts in the air and produces a bright light to illuminate enemy positions.
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How to use star shell in a sentence
One of your duties, boys, will be to keep your flashlamps going after the star shell has dimmed.
The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers | Claude A. LabelleMinutes pass, and below us gleams the fading loveliness of a star-shell.
'Green Balls' | Paul BewsherI made myself known, but the two men moved off and fired a star-shell in my direction.
Verdun Argonne-Metz 1914-1918 | AnonymousA star shell burst overhead, and a German sniper, seizing the chance of a lifetime, put in four rounds rapid fire.
The star shell had died out but he could see the blimp silhouetted against the sky.
And Then the Town Took Off | Richard Wilson
British Dictionary definitions for star shell
an artillery shell containing a flare or other illuminant: often containing a parachute to prolong the descent of the illuminating material
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