SHELLING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shelling mean? 

• SHELLING (noun)
  The noun SHELLING has 1 sense:

1. the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target

  Familiarity information: SHELLING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHELLING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

barrage; barrage fire; battery; bombardment; shelling

Context example:

the shelling went on for hours without pausing

Hypernyms ("shelling" is a kind of...):

fire; firing (the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy)

Derivation:

shell (use explosives on)

 Context examples 

Yet, ere the last string had twanged, he would be down on his four bones among the stricken, and have them all houseled and shriven, as quick as shelling peas.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)